| Oct 2, 2013 | Rights / DemocracyEveryone pretty much agrees that what’s going on in Washington right now ranks up there with the dumbest, most destructive episodes in our history. We are a great and powerful country, on the cusp of achieving that “Shining City upon a Hill” status...
| Sep 18, 2013 | Economy / BusinessMy cousin Mona called me the other day about her husband Harry, who had came home from work and said: “We’re spending too much money, Mona. It’s got to stop. We’re going broke.” “Really? I thought we were doing OK, sort of.”...
| Oct 24, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyAt my age, I thought I’d seen pretty much everything — and I’ve been to the carny sideshow at the Texas State Fair twice. But now comes a Houston-based, tea-party outfit calling itself True the Vote. It claims to be dedicated to sniffing out...
| Jun 25, 2012 | Economy / BusinessNot too long ago, Americans only dressed up in George Washington wigs and tri-corner hats on the Fourth of July. But then the tea party came along. Colonial garb started turning up at rallies all year around. In quick order, the legacy of 1776 started...
| Sep 19, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyThe increasingly extreme conservative ideology pervading Congress and the tea party is infused with a dogmatic creed of rugged individualism, used to justify policies that benefit only the super-rich and large corporations, while hurting — even killing — the rest of...
