| May 3, 2010 | Economy / BusinessHaving decreed that corporations have a free speech “right ” to spend unlimited sums from their massive corporate treasuries to elect or defeat candidates in our elections, the Supreme Court’s five-man corporatist majority has opened a colossal can...
| Apr 26, 2010 | Economy / BusinessPay my share,But it’s a shame;Wish the rich,Would do the same. Some serious and high-minded rich people calling themselves “Wealth for the Common Good” think they might ought to pay higher taxes. Not only themselves of course, but all upper-income...
| | Economy / BusinessAs Lily Tomlin has said, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.” She could’ve been referring to Sen. Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans in Congress, whose cynical hypocrisy either makes you want to either...
| | Environment / HealthTrying to figure out the tea party movement puts one in the position of the blind man trying to understand the shape of an elephant by touch. He puts his hand on its tail and he thinks it’s like a snake. He feels the leg and it’s a tree. The ear seems like...
| Apr 19, 2010 | Economy / BusinessThere’s yet another movement afoot to put Ronald Reagan’s face on the $50 bill, replacing that of Ulysses S. Grant. A number of Republicans in Congress have been beating the drums in support of the idea. “One decade into the 21st century, it’s...
