AIRLINE INNOVATIONS November 2009For those of you who, like me, travel a lot on airplanes, there is good news: Airline executives have become... Read more...
SOCIALISTS IN THE SENATE! November 2009Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, known as the “White Maned Pontificator,” has recently been spewing a fountain of free-market dogma... Read more...
BATTLE OF THE GREEN November 2009Tavern on the Green is one of New York City’s iconic places. With a tranquil setting in the city’s beautiful... Read more...
FIFTY-FIVE HEALTHCARE HYPOCRITES November 2009Sometimes, Congress gives hypocrisy a bad name. Take Mike Enzi, Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Jim Inhofe, Jon Kyle, John McCain,... Read more...
LIFE'S NOT FAIR TO WALL STREET BANKERS October 2009It used to be that corporate CEOs drew their narrowly-focused business ethic from the laissez-faire novels of Ayn Rand –... Read more...
GETTING SMART ABOUT THE "SMART CHOICES" LABEL October 2009How can you tell when a consumer product might be one you should avoid? Easy. Whenever a corporate spokesperson declares... Read more...
RESTRAINING WALL STREET EXECS WHO HAVE NO SELF-RESTRAINT October 2009Well, at last, a few of the Wall Street CEOs we are bailing out with our tax dollars have had... Read more...
BACKING A REAL LOSER IN AFGHANISTAN October 2009Let us all praise his Excellency, Hamid Karzai, for his magnificent beneficence! Karzai – the head of Afghanistan’s inept, grossly... Read more...
LET'S HELP GOLDMAN SACHS GET A CLUE October 2009Bankers at Goldman Sachs have a problem and I’m sure you can empathize. Maybe you can even help them! Here’s... Read more...
INVESTORS GET THEIRS, WORKERS GET STIFFED October 2009Because of lost jobs and falling wages, millions of Americans find themselves falling into debt – and learning that debt... Read more...
A CORPORATE MONSTER PICKS ON "VERMONSTER" October 2009Where are those lawsuit reform groups when you really need them? You know, such outfits as Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse... Read more...
DELL TAKES THE MONEY AND RUNS October 2009Only five years ago, political poobahs in North Carolina were crowing loudly, laughing giddily, and slapping each other’s backs. We... Read more...
LOOK WHO'S LOBBYING CONGRESS October 2009How about that messy, silk-stocking coup pulled off this summer by business elites in Honduras? They got their government allies... Read more...
THE PRICE OF PRIVIATIZATION October 2009Gather ’round children, and a true tale I’ll tell, about how privatization does not go well. In the past decade... Read more...
LOBBYISTS AND LAWMAKERS, PLAYING BY THE RULES October 2009It’s hard to get a good feeling about a congress critter whose PR aide trots out to make a defensive... Read more...
A CORPORATE SPLIT ON CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY October 2009“The carbon-based free lunch is over,” crowed the speaker. “Breakthroughs on climate change and improving our society’s energy efficiency are... Read more...
MEDIA BOSSES GET IT BASSACKWARDS, AGAIN October 2009There’s been another outbreak of the dangerous Wall Street disease known as, “Boss Hog Flu.” The latest outbreak is not... Read more...
OBAMA MUST GET GOING ON JOBS October 2009Just before taking office, Barack Obama called on the millions of people who were directly involved in his campaign to... Read more...
GOOFING UP HEALTH CARE REFORM October 2009America’s shouting match over health care reform has turned completely goofy  and I’m not talking about confused seniors at... Read more...
LOBBYISTS TAKE A SOAK October 2009Here’s a startling number: 13,000. That’s the number of corporate lobbyists in Washington, DC. Adding to their clout are the... Read more...
NEW SIGNS OF SANITY AT EPA October 2009Could it be? Dare we think it? Is it possible that the Environmental Protection Agency might finally be getting serious... Read more...
WALL STREET'S NEW HALLOWEEN TRICK October 2009Halloween is still a month away, but ghouls, ghosts, and other grotesque creatures are already roaming America’s streets. What makes... Read more...
HYATT BOYCOTTED FOR BLINDSIDING HOUSEKEEPERS October 2009If ignorance is bliss, the corporate chieftains of the Hyatt Hotel chain must be ecstatic. They pulled a lowdown, sneaky... Read more...
POOR-PERFORMING CEOS STILL WEAR SILK SHORTS October 2009Experts tell us that America’s painful recession is “probably over.” That’s swell – but how’s your personal economy going? If... Read more...
THE CHICKEN WAR October 2009Uh-oh, America has gotten into a global game of chicken with China. The face-off involves rubber and chickens – not... Read more...
