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Taking Our Sweet Crude Time
After a quarter-century of buzz over global warming, the climate talkers are at it again, doing whatever it is they do. Visitors to the next big climate change summit, in an act of glorious irony, will pack Paris-bound jets flown by Air France — one of the meeting’s...
All Hacked Up
I've gotten a lot of unwelcome mail from the feds these last few years, like a copy of my indictment for blowing the whistle on the CIA’s torture program. But this latest delivery was something altogether new. My jaw dropped as I scanned the form letter from the...
Unhappy Meals
McDonald's is floundering. There's no other way to say it. The global fast food chain has experienced declining U.S. sales for well over a year now. But why? I'd love to gloat that Americans have finally caught on that the Golden Arches peddles terrible food, but that...
Dishing out Poverty Wages on Capitol Hill
In 2008 Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein declared: "There are parts of government that can be run like a business and should be run like a business." For the first time, the Senate had voted to privatize the restaurants and other food services on the Hill. Sure...
Pope in a China Shop
Nabbing Financial Felons
Big news from that razzle-dazzle place I call "El Casino Grande" — otherwise known as Wall Street. Four massive financial conglomerates — JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Barclays, and the Royal Bank of Scotland — have been busted for engaging in a criminal conspiracy to...
In OtherWords: June 10, 2015
This week in OtherWords, John Kiriakou, Donald Kaul, and Khalil Bendib weigh in on the real crimes that are surfacing thanks to the legal woes disgraced former House Speaker Dennis Hastert faces. Do you want to make sure you don’t miss the latest from OtherWords?...
Tightening Whose Belt?
Listening to so-called fiscal conservatives like Representatives Kevin Brady and Mike Kelly, you’d think we were in a desperate fight for survival, with the national debt threatening our future. "I cannot in good conscience support adding more debt to the backs of our...
We’re All Taking Dirty Pictures
Maybe you're not the type to take dirty pictures with your phone. But even if you only snap photos of your dogs and what’s for dinner, there's a good chance your images could be up to some pretty dirty business. When you post a photo on Facebook or Instagram, that...
Government by Bagmen
When Dennis Hastert was indicted for trying to cover up some $3.5 million in hush money payments to a man he’d allegedly sexually abused decades ago, Washington was shocked. I wasn't. I was shocked that Hastert, who’d spent the better part of his life in public...
