DOG-SNIFF JURISPRUDENCE July 2009Two criminal cases in Texas have raised quite a stench about a smell test that prosecutors nationwide have been using... Read more...
THE NUMBERS BEHIND WASHINGTON'S BANKER BAILOUT July 2009You’d think that Wall Street bankers – who have caused a national economic collapse and cost taxpayers $12 trillion just... Read more...
WALL STREET'S FLIM-FLAM FEE SCAMMERS July 2009How’s this for gratitude? Wall Street bankers, whom we’ve propped up with a $12-trillion bailout, are quietly slipping offensive little... Read more...
HOOSIERS DISCOVER THE COST OF PRIVATIZATION July 2009It was a proud day for the governor. In December 2006, he stepped to the lectern, full of confidence: “No... Read more...
YES WE CAN RE-MAKE TRADE POLICY July 2009Well now, here’s some change you can believe in. It doesn’t come from Barack Obama, who campaigned as the “change”... Read more...
WHAT'S WITH WELLS FARGO? July 2009Remember when the name “Wells Fargo” conjured up something positive? It was the fast express service of the 1800s, delivering... Read more...
THE INTERMINABLE PRICE OF WAR July 2009Well, we finally got that Iraq thing done, right? On the last day of June, the U.S. commander in Iraq... Read more...
BUSHITES STILL WORKING THE GOVERNMENT July 2009On January 20th, the Bushites were shown the door and sent packing – right? Yes, but many of them didn’t... Read more...
MADOFF IS NOT THE PROBLEM July 2009Well, they sure nailed Bernie Madoff, didn’t they? The 71-year-old Ponzi schemer was sentenced to 65 years in the federal... Read more...
CORPORATE CONTROL OF FOOD SAFETY INSPECTIONS July 2009E. coli 0157: H7 sounds like a character in an international spy thriller. And, in fact, 0157: H7 is an... Read more...
BANKERS BEHAVING BADLY July 2009What is it that makes bankers behave badly? Is it genetics? Or is it just that no one ever taught... Read more...
THE GOVERNOR IS OUT July 2009It’s Monday – do you know where your governor is? The recent outbreak of hot and heavy gubernatorial hanky-panky by... Read more...
A SOFT LANDING IN ROUGH TIMES July 2009These are rough times. How rough, you ask? So rough that even the relative roughness of toilet tissue has arisen... Read more...
SPREADING THE ORGANIC MOVEMENT COAST TO COAST July 2009What’s the number one outdoor activity in America? Not baseball, soccer, jogging or golf. Instead, it’s gardening! I happen to... Read more...
REINING IN CORPORATE TAX DODGERS July 2009The British Virgin Islands – the very name conjures up a Caribbean paradise of soft sand beaches, tropical breezes, and... Read more...
FINDING WAYS TO PERK UP CEO PAY June 2009As we’re learning the hard way, CEOs are not quite the brilliant cockadoodledoos they wanted you and me to think... Read more...
DEATH BY PIE June 2009How’s this for a tombstone? “Here lies a guy/ Killed by a pie.” More accurately, the killer is corporate globalization... Read more...
ECONOMIC LESSONS FROM AMERICA'S "BOOZE INDICATORS" June 2009Jack Welch, what a guy! The former-CEO of General Electric – who paid himself a fortune while slashing jobs and... Read more...
WHY NO REPUBLICAN HEALTH-CARE REFORMS? June 2009We’ve heard a good deal about Democratic Party plans to reform America’s corporatized, no-care health care system – but it’s... Read more...
WHY SUPPORT CORPORATIONS THAT DON'T SUPPORT US? June 2009Yes, our overall economy is a wreck – but you’ll be glad to know that one business sector is booming:... Read more...
A BANKRUPT SYSTEM THAT BANKRUPTS FAMILIES June 2009America’s corportized health care system keeps producing unpleasant surprises. We’ve known for some time that this system, which puts profit... Read more...
WALL STREET IS ROBBING US AT THE GAS PUMP June 2009Like a 4th of July bottle rocket, our gasoline prices are shooting upward. However, tongue-clucking market analysts tell us there’s... Read more...
WHAT TO DO ABOUT BURPING BOVINES June 2009Here’s something you might not have known: cows belch. A lot. Great Big Buuuuuuurps. Why should we care? Because, these... Read more...
POLITICOS POCKET SPECIAL-INTEREST MONEY June 2009Like a shoplifter’s long coat, a politician’s suit comes with an astonishing assortment of inside pockets – and a report... Read more...
WHO SAYS AMERICA DOESN'T NEED UNIONS? June 2009The National Transportation Safety Board has now issued its official review of “The Miracle On The Hudson” – the US... Read more...
