Billionaires, Taxes and Inequality

by Joseph O'ShaughnessyF. Scott Fitzgerald supposedly said to Hemingway: "The Rich are very different from you and me." And Hemingway is said to have...

The Trump Hits Keep Coming.

President-Elect Trump, who apparently thinks that he has already taken office, despite challenges in several very close, very suspicious states, continues to pick a...

Republican Fascism, 2018

by Joseph D. O'ShaughnessySome people think that, because the entire federal government, and the government of 30 states is in the hands of one political...

Disciples of Fear

Beware of the Age of Fear.Not the dark, unreasoning fear, the fear of the unknown, the fear of poverty, destitution and calamitous disaster....

Democrats in 2014

If you talk to leading progressives these days, you'll be sure to hear this message: The Democratic Party should embrace the economic populism of...

Mitch McConnell Wants to Destroy American Health Care

The Republican leader in the Senate is trying to rush through a secret health care proposal, bring it to the floor of the Senate...

Republicans & Wall Street vs. Democrats and Financial Reform

The Republicans are doing it again. They are trying to use their obstructive tactics to defeat financial reform. And why isn't someone calling them...

Limbaugh and Propaganda, Part II

Rush Limbaugh must be happy. He has been in the news lately for having created a great deal of turmoil in the Republican Party.  Apparently his "dittoheads"...

The Roberts’ Supreme Court and the End of Democracy

With all the other problems facing this country, one that we should not have to face in 2010 is the validity and honesty of...

It’s the Public Option, Stupid!

If, as the Clinton campaign wrote on the message board, it was, in those days, "the Economy, Stupid!" then today it is the public...

Peter Roskam, Moderate (?) Republican

Life is strange sometimes. Someone by the name of Peter Roskam called me the other day. He is a member of the House of...

The Koch Brothers, Libertarianism and the Growth of Neo-Fascism

by Joseph O’ShaughnessyThe Koch Family History By now, many people know the name “Koch brothers.” Sadly, however, not enough of the American voting population. The Koch...

Neoconservative Obstruction and How to End It.

Since 2007, there has been a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives and a slim majority of 51-49 took over in the Senate...

Rush Limbaugh and the Decline of Hate Radio

How is Rush Limbaugh, the obscenely obscene radio personality, the voice of hatred and racism, doing these days? Is he still earning his $40...

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...