Ending 2018, Seeking True Populism
byJoseph O'ShaughnessyAs we race through space in late November 2018, the United States is in great turmoil and some would say in great danger.The...
Fascism. It Can Happen Here. In Fact, It Has Happened Here.
byJoseph O'ShaughnessyThere is an old adage that used to be said about many things in this country that were out of the mainstream "Well,...
Health Care Disaster Is Just the End of a Long, Long...
The Republican Senate, House, President Trump (sounds so ridiculous!) and the Billionaires have written you out of health care. And they will do more...cut...
Comey, Commies, Fascists and Rigged Elections
There are only two logical reasons why Trump would fire Jim Comey. One is easy and obvious. The other may be hidden and is...
Donald Trump Is No Populist.
by Joseph D. O'ShaughnessyI normally don't sign what we all call posts. I don't even refer to them as "posts." Rather, I call them...
Should We Be Taking Michael Moore Seriously?
Have you seen “Where to Invade Next,” the title of the latest film by gadfly documentarian, Michael Moore? I guess his films are supposed...
The Bad News and the Good News
The bad news is here. And it will keep coming. Trump is elected and we see already what he has in store for us....
The Koch Brothers, Trump and the Theft of the American Dream
Please take a look at the Koch Brothers' latest piece of propaganda--quite probably the worst and perhaps most consequential lie ever told in a...
The Sanders Revolution
The world is changing again. Instead of a 40-something running for President, we have two 60 or 70-somethings. Maybe it takes that long to...
The foundations of American Neo-Fascism
Hitler, above all, was a racist. He thought that interbreeding between different races was wrong, but not merely wrong—disastrously wrong. He thought that Darwin’s...
Bruce Rauner: Money and Neo-Fascism
For those who don’t know, Bruce Rauner is the new Republican governor of Illinois. And money? We all know what money is. Rauner is...
Big Oil
Every time you put gas in your car, you support Big Oil, the major oil companies, some of the largest global corporations in the...
American Stagnation
America has never been richer. Private assets amount to over $80 trillion, more than four times the national debt and the GDP. Yet the...
Jobs in the 21st Century
American society is crumbling. Our buildings, roads, bridges, dams—all our municipal facilities are breaking down. And there is very little investment being made in...
Inequality and Poverty
Government is failing Americans. A nation accustomed to creating new industries, technologies and good jobs within those industries can no longer expect vision from...