Are the Republicans Really Fascists? A Comparison.
Anyone can call someone else a name. People call others Fascists or Nazis all the time on the Internet. People who have these little...
Government by Lobbyist
The recent Citizens United verdict by the Supreme Court makes one thing clear. For the time being, at least, lobbying is here to stay...
The Choice Between Neoconservative and Progressive Becomes Clearer.
There is no mystery about the difficult circumstances in which we find the American economy. Since 1981, when Ronald Reagan cut income taxes for the...
National Debt Solution: Create Jobs. Repeal Tax Cuts. Nationalize Energy
It is time for a reality check. It is far beyond time for a reality check. We are standing on the edge of a...
Neoconservative Republican Name Calling Not New with Health Care Reform
The shouting and screaming at the health care town halls did not simply happen suddenly out of thin air. These screaming know-nothings have been...
Health Care
Over the next month...we hope and expect...the Senate will debate health care. That is, they will try to pass the reform of health care...
The Dangerous Game
Anarchy is the absence of government. It could be a placid, pastoral society or it could be the wild, wild West. The fact is,...
On Social Security, the Middle Class and Real Retirement
An email has been circulating lately that starts off “Social Security becomes a Federal Benefit Check.”
This email suggests that Social Security is a...
Down Trump’s Golden Brick Road
We must examine the Trump infrastructure plan.
At first, it sounds, well, pretty good. And then you get the details.
First, why do you think Trump...
The Failure of Conservative Economics–Part II. Ronald Reagan
In the period from the 1950s until the late 1970s, the Conservatives were largely considered Right Wing radicals and economic zealots. Republicans of...
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...
Expansion, Not Austerity
We now have a Presidential Commission to make recommendations about the Reagan-Bush-Bush $13 trillion deficit that was created by cutting revenues in half with...
Hedge Fund Managers Are Coming for Your State Pension Funds.
One of the most serious and largest scams now being perpetrated by the Republican Party on the American public is the “unfunded liability” state...
Republican Fraud and the True Democratic Populism
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Joseph O’Shaughnessy
One aspect of American life is becoming more evident each and every day. The propaganda that has been spread using the money of...
Republicans Call It ObamaCare. Many Democrats Like That Idea!
Hey! The Neo-Republicans and the lobbyists are trying to hang the "ObamaCare" tag on the President's health care reform program. What's wrong with that?...