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From the very start of our nation, the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights was not stately legislative halls, but rowdy beer halls. Indeed, “pub democracy” remains strong across... Read more...

There’s a hunter’s nightmare in which a group of them flush some rabbits out of the brush. But rather than scampering away, the furry bunnies turn toward their stalkers. “Run,” shouts one of the hunters. “Run f... Read more...

How're you gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen ... Angus? Not "Angus," the breed of cattle, but Angus, the 1,000-pound "farmer of the future." He is not actually a he, but an it: A robot, toil... Read more...

From kitchen tables worldwide you can hear a chorus of parents chastising their children with the same refrain: “Stop playing with your food.” Children aside, this rebuke needs to be loudly directed at the p... Read more...

What's the matter with Donald and The Trumpeteers? Why won't they stand up for the American workers and business owners who make their products right here in the Good Ol' US of A? Read the full commentary here... Read more...

"MAGA," blusters Donald Trump – Make America Great Again! America's ranching families, however, would like Trump to come off his high horse and get serious about a more modest goal, namely: Make America COOL Ag... Read more...

Corporate bosses don't talk about it in public, but among themselves – psssst – they whisper excitedly about implementing a transformative "AI agenda" across our economy. AI stands for artificial intelligenc... Read more...

The great thing about corporate giants is that they are such amazing business innovators. For example, in the category of "wheel-spinning" innovation – ie, trying to change a corporation's course without actual... Read more...

Let us now contemplate the morality tale of the Good Samaritan. Not the one in the Old Testament, but the one out in the high desert region around Marfa, Texas, just 60 miles from the Mexican border. It's th... Read more...

The most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump's xenophobic, demagogic assault on Central American amnesty seekers is that his frantic demand to build a $5-billion-dollar border wall is not his most ridiculous pl... Read more...

Unfortunately, an exotic flu epidemic has broken out in Washington, DC. Dubbed the "Canadian Hot Sauce Flu," it uniquely afflicts a particular group of Democratic officeholders and operatives. CHS Flu renders i... Read more...

"Socialism," snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back in unison: So-sh'll-izz-ummm! There you have the entire intellectual content ... Read more...

Fats Domino sings: "I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill." Maybe, but America's richest corporate powers know precisely where to find their thrill: On Capitol Hill! They rushed there in 2017 with a passion h... Read more...

Have you noticed how often Donald Trump prefaces his comments and tweets with phrases like "frankly," "to tell the truth," and "believe me"? More than a verbal tic, these qualifiers subliminally admit that b... Read more...

Once upon a time, there was a place where the prevailing ethic of the very richest people was that monetary self-indulgence was tacky and that wealth was a matter of good fortune, carrying with it an obligation... Read more...

Language matters. For example, the words that corporate and government officials use to report on the health of America’s economy can either make clear to us commoners what’s going on – or hide and even lie abo... Read more...

With chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count, and a wobbling economy here at home, the last thing we need is another big challenge. But – look out! – here comes a dooz... Read more...

The core idea of the "civic commons" is that we can be a self-governing people. A noble aspiration!

In a recent two-panel cartoon, a character holds a sign saying: "First they came for the reporters." In the next panel, his sign says: "We don't know what happened after that."

A half-dollar hardly counts as money these days – it won't even buy a cup of coffee! But... pssssst... here's an amazing half-dollar bargain for you: A first-class postage stamp. Read the full commentary here.... Read more...

It's been pointed out that Donnie Trump has unusually small hands... but who cares? What's truly alarming are his unusually small policy ideas. Read the full commentary here.... Read more...

If you think our government’s war policy has become out-of-this world cuckoo – consider the spaciness being proposed by the cosmonauts on Spaceship Trump. Read the full commentary here. ... Read more...

Ideally, elections are about ideas, but these days policy discussions are being shoved aside by raw partisanship and vitriol. Not only are good ideas ignored, but very bad ideas can become public policy withou... Read more...

Someone needs to buy a Grassroots USA tour package for the members of Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, so they can at least visit the real world once in their lives.

It’s “Cyber Monday” – get out there and buy stuff! But you don’t actually have to go anywhere, for this gimmicky shop-shop-shop day lures us to consume without leaving home, or even getting out of bed.