Now is the time for boldness! Instead, we’re getting Baucusness. Sen. Max Baucus, that is–Montana Democrat, chair of the Senate Finance Committee,... Read more...
When I lived in Washington, DC, in the 1970s, I got a call from a friend of mine who worked... Read more...
Last month, I asked my radio listeners to come up with new words to describe the abominable sense of self-entitlement... Read more...
Did you have a piggy bank when you were a child? Mine was a cheery, round pig–made of brown pottery, as... Read more...
Last October, Home Depot cofounder Bernie Marcus blew a gasket, spewing outrage in all directions. “This is the demise of civilization,”... Read more...
IRONICALLY, AT THE VERY TIME that boneheaded senators in Washington were working furiously to impose their anti-union extremism on our country, most... Read more...
A DECADE AGO, CITIGROUPÂ led a full-court lobbying press on Washington, ultimately winning what big bankers, insurance giants, and high-rolling investment... Read more...
THE 8,000-MEMBER GREATER GRACE TEMPLEÂ in Detroit is the home church of many autoworkers, and its Sunday service on December 7... Read more...
Derivatives amount to a casino game. They are pieces of paper whose only real value is derived from the anticipated... Read more...
What the hell’s happening here? Why is my bank in the tank? And my house and job? And my retirement money?... Read more...
The Bushites’ trillion-dollar giveaway started out as a bailout for banks with big holdings of investment schemes based on home mortgages.... Read more...
Here they come–America’s Drill Team! Out front are the two high-strutting leaders, John McCain and George W, thrusting their drum-major batons... Read more...
Dallas Oilman H.L. Hunt was a billionaire in a time when such massive wealth was unusual, back in the 1950s and... Read more...
Harry Truman said, “No man should be allowed to be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” That’s never been more true... Read more...
WASHINGTON WAS EXCITED. The media establishment applauded. Wall Street smiled. Somewhere, a bluebird of happiness chirped. In a celebrated display... Read more...
THE WAILING IN OUR COUNTRY ABOUTÂ the “invasion of immigrants” has been long and loud. As one complainant put it, “Few... Read more...
A FRIEND OF MINE TELLS A STORY about the political demise in the 1950s of an entrenched Oklahoma state representative,... Read more...
ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC STORIESÂ from the New Testament is of the time that Jesus encountered money changers in the... Read more...
WILL ROGERS SOMETIMES TUCKED little moral messages into his one-liners. For example: “I’d rather be the man who bought the... Read more...
FROM THE “LAND OF THE CLUELESS AND CONNIVING,” meet a couple of gentlemen who insist that America’s political funding system is... Read more...
“You can’t create a team spirit when the situation is so one-sided, when management gets so much and workers get... Read more...
George W keeps buzzing around like a maniacal mosquito on a hot summer night, pestering us with speeches and photo... Read more...
How messed up is America’s health-care system? Consider the case of the Leavitts. Anne and her husband Dixie, both in... Read more...
Many of you Lowdowners have told me that you often share the newsletter with your teenagers—and even younger children. Therefore,... Read more...
Did you catch George W’s pep rally just before Christmas? The White House solemnly billed it as a two-day “summit”... Read more...