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Is it a crime to make Made-In-America products in China?

August 2019

What’s the matter with Donald and The Trumpeteers? Why won’t they stand up for the American workers and business owners... Read more...

Where’s the beef in Trump’s new trade deal?

August 2019

“MAGA,” blusters Donald Trump – Make America Great Again! America’s ranching families, however, would like Trump to come off his... Read more...

What is the “AI agenda,” who’s pushing it, and why?

August 2019

Corporate bosses don’t talk about it in public, but among themselves – psssst – they whisper excitedly about implementing a... Read more...

Big Mac’s new Big Data “innovation”

July 2019

The great thing about corporate giants is that they are such amazing business innovators. For example, in the category of... Read more...

What kind of country punishes Good Samaritans?

July 2019

Let us now contemplate the morality tale of the Good Samaritan. Not the one in the Old Testament, but the... Read more...

How ridiculous is Trump’s border stand?

July 2019

The most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump’s xenophobic, demagogic assault on Central American amnesty seekers is that his frantic demand... Read more...

How to fight off a bad case of “CHS” Flu

July 2019

Unfortunately, an exotic flu epidemic has broken out in Washington, DC. Dubbed the “Canadian Hot Sauce Flu,” it uniquely afflicts... Read more...

Trump’s one-word re-election campaign

July 2019

“Socialism,” snarled The Donald at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient crowd of Trumpistas snarled back... Read more...

Tax Dodgers Incorporated

June 2019

Fats Domino sings: “I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill.” Maybe, but America’s richest corporate powers know precisely where to... Read more...

How much does Donald Trump love farmers?

June 2019

Have you noticed how often Donald Trump prefaces his comments and tweets with phrases like “frankly,” “to tell the truth,”... Read more...

Why a 70% tax rate on the superrich would be good for America

May 2019

Once upon a time, there was a place where the prevailing ethic of the very richest people was that monetary... Read more...

We hear the Dow Jones Average, but why not the Doug Jones Average?

May 2019

Language matters. For example, the words that corporate and government officials use to report on the health of America’s economy... Read more...

Where is AI driving us?

April 2019

With chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count, and a wobbling economy here... Read more...

Free the free press from Wall Street plunderers

April 2019

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

Who are the serial killers of America’s newspapers?

April 2019

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." Read more...

How to keep “public” and “service” in our public Postal Service

January 2019

A half-dollar hardly counts as money these days – it won’t even buy a cup of coffee! But… pssssst… here’s... Read more...

The meek reality behind Trump’s pose as a Bull Moose Populist

January 2019

It’s been pointed out that Donnie Trump has unusually small hands… but who cares? What’s truly alarming are his unusually... Read more...

How far-out is Trump’s war policy

January 2019

If you think our government’s war policy has become out-of-this world cuckoo – consider the spaciness being proposed by the... Read more...

Should you have to pay to protest?

January 2019

Ideally, elections are about ideas, but these days policy discussions are being shoved aside by raw partisanship and vitriol. Not... Read more...

Have you heard the news? Poverty is over!

November 2018

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. Read more...

Avoid Amazon’s “Cyber Monday,” and buy local

November 2018

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. Read more...

Where did Thanksgiving come from?

November 2018

Thanksgiving – let’s eat! America's most food-focused holiday traces its roots back to the abundant feast that Pilgrims and Indians enjoyed together in the fall of 1621. Read more...

Putting traumatized immigrant children out of sight

November 2018

In June, our immigrant-bashing president ordered an end to his own warped policy of forcibly tearing terrified migrant children from the arms of their asylum-seeking parents. Read more...

The shame of climate-change deniers

September 2018

Shame is that queasy feeling you get when you realize you've done something improper, ridiculous... or just flat-out contemptible. But it's socially invaluable, for feeling ashamed is a built-in jerk alarm, keeping most of us from doing the same embarrassing thing again. Read more...

Help save America’s public post offices

August 2018

The US postal system has 30,000 outlets serving every part of America it employs 630,000 people in good middle-class jobs, and it proudly delivers letters and packages clear across the country for a pittance. It’s a jewel of public service excellence. Read more...