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...
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...
The Catholic Church, the President, the Heritage Foundation and Birth Control
One of the implementations of the new health care reform that has gone into effect is the provision that says that women’s reproductive health,...
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...
Politics: Winning in Class Warfare — Part I
In the early evening of a summer night in New York City, or Dallas or Los Angeles, or Miami, there is a slow, quiet...
The Massacre of the Middle Class
In 2010, Americans were actually called upon to vote whether or not they would like to create an oligarchy, a ruling elite, that would...
A Tariff Policy to Create Jobs
We need exports and imports. We need jobs. And we need more jobs than can be provided by exports. In other words,at a very...
How the Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Bill Will Devastate Average Americans.
The Republicans are up to it again. Once again, they are trying to further devastate the Middle Class. Under the guise of a popular...
A Nightmare in November
Here is the real danger for 2016. We are at a tipping point. It is very likely that few Americans understand the calamitous potential...
The Next Two Years
The November 2014 elections were pretty clear. In some states Senators or Governors won by as many as 70% of the vote. Of course,...
American Propagandists in a New Age of Propaganda
Propaganda is basically a lie with a purpose. It is a lie, or as some say, “the Big Lie,” the constant repetition of a...
Neocon Scare Tactics on Solvent Social Security
Let’s start with a couple of important facts. If we did not have Social Security, virtually every other retired person today would be in...
Imported Americans — Part Two
The turn of the century saw the African American as largely uneducated, not owning the place he lived, without education, working as a sharecropper...
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...
The Post Office and Republican Treachery
Do you have a utility bill or a credit card bill that’s going to cost you extra if you don’t get it there on...