State of the Nation — June 2010

Where are we? We've got a bunch of tea party nuts...let's be frank...running around saying that the country is becoming a fascist sate and...

Disaster in West Virginia

There is no way to discuss oil spills without stopping to make a comment or two on the crime, the rape of the Appalachian...

Let’s Talk About the National Budget.

Phony baloney. Just like Walker in Wisconsin, the talk about "austerity" is a bunch of rich white men talking bull shit about what needs...

Truth or Consequences

In the great annals of our entertainment history, after radio became a staple of daily listening and then later television, there was a program...

Nationalize Natural Gas Production and Save America.

There is one simple and secure way to jump start the economy and sustain it over a decade. That one simple idea is to...

Here’s How Right Wing Obstruction Affects You Personally.

Life is not a newsreel, someone once said. It is not a sound bite. It is not the mere reporting of Republican Reich Wing...

Don’t Think “Green Energy;” Think Green Jobs.

We have a couple of pieces of legislation in that great frozen melting pot called a Senate that deserve your attention and, frankly, the...

EXXON or Cap-and-trade? Higher-Gas Prices or a Million New Jobs?

EXXON Oil Corporation has very profitable sales of about $1 billion per day. It also spends more than any other corporation trying to prevent...

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...

Using Public Jobs to Stimulate Private Enterprise

During the Presidential campaign, candidate Barack Obama said he would spend $210 to create 5 million jobs. This was something like 500,000 jobs...

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....

Facts About Global Warming

The fact is that the earth is warming. Glaciers are melting, and most importantly, the earth's weather patterns are beginning to change. Northwest United...

Debts, Lies and Obstructionism

No mistake about it. We are in crisis mode. No matter what the stock market or the boys knocking down millions on Wall Street...