The Next American Revolution
It is time for all Americans to stop what they are doing and think about the future. Your future has already been mapped out...
The Grim State of the Nation
As we are about to enter the third month of 2010, the nation is in its worst financial and economic condition since, perhaps, 1939....
Health Industry Greed and Democratic Reform
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….Yes, indeed. It was the best of times for the health care industry...
Who Is Going to Pay the National Debt?
There was a wonderful line once in an old movie. A very savvy and skilled old billiards player, a hustler, was about to...
Budget Crisis Commission: Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare
In Washington today, a whole hall full of white-shirts and rimless glasses sat at attention while the gurus of fiscal policy told us that...
The Economy Is In Big Trouble—Part II, Our Diminished Future.
To understand your life in the future, you must understand that what happened in the last 8 years, particularly in the last year of...
The American Economy In Big Trouble–Part I, Background
A little history. In 2000, George W. Bush was elected President of the United States and took over in January 2001. Within days of...
David Brooks and Neocon Advice to the Elderly
“There you go again…” as a famous “B” movie actor once memorably said…memorable because he happened to be President at the time. Oh...
The Truth About the National Debt
Attention: propaganda groups! Neocons to propaganda groups: Come in Please! Attention!Let’s distract the Helots, the Tea Baggers. Let’s send them to the opposite...
We Need Unions Today More Than Ever.
Under the Bush Administration, unions found themselves once again under siege. The last 29 years have been a battle against corporate lobbyists, Right-Wing radio...
It’s About Jobs…and the Economy…and How We Got Here!
Americans need jobs. Yes, you can say that the Gross National Product has increased a certain amount or fallen back a certain amount. You...
Look For the Union Legacy.
America is a society that is governed by the principle of majority rule. In a free society, some form of majority rule is the...
Wall Street Just Doesn’t Get It!
There is no question that the financial industry is out to lunch and they have been for years. The Chamber of Commerce, on CNBC,...
Forty Republicans, Five Democrats and Health Care Reform
We now have a health care plan that passed in the Senate and one that passed in the House of Representatives. Holding up true...
Death and Taxes
The Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute plus Grover Norquist’s group, whatever he calls it….basically “We Don’t Want to Pay ANY Taxes, Inc.” have...