| Oct 5, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOne noisy piece of the GOP’s culture war bunkum is Critical Race Theory, or CRT — a previously little-known field of academic study examining racism’s central role in shaping our society. But lately, kooky right-wingers have seized the phrase, claiming that CRT is a...
| Jan 19, 2022 | Economy / BusinessRight before our eyes, an invaluable American species is fast disappearing from view: Kartoonus Amerikanas. These are the newspaper cartoonists who’ve long delighted readers and infuriated power elites. And there’s nothing natural about their sudden decline. It’s not...
| Jul 28, 2021 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyMega-investor Warren Buffett once held a big portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers. He specialized in squeezing out competitors so each held a local monopoly. Then he’d chop staff and news content, letting him glean annual profit margins above 30 percent. Alas for...
| Dec 16, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyHo ho ho, wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America’s power elites for Christmas. To each of our Congress critters, I sent my fondest wish that from now on they receive the exact same income, health care, and pensions that we average citizens get....
| Oct 9, 2019 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyLike most politicians, corporate executives never do anything wrong. If anything wrong does “happen,” it’s always someone else’s fault. That’s been the gutless ploy of Kroger supermarket executives, who recently yanked all local newsweeklies and community...
