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...

Imported Americans — Part I

We don’t talk much about our Imported Americans. Yes, they have been here almost as long as our Native Americans. They hold an equally...

Laffer Is Laughable…But It’s Not Funny.

Does anyone believe that Arthur Laffer, Ronald Reagan's guru, the author and prime suspect in the catastrophe known as "voodoo economics" is really an...

The Reagan Legacy

The American scene has changed since 1980 and not for the better. What is our biggest problem today? That’s right: the national debt. Everything...

Americans Do Want Health Care Reform.

Here’s the problem with the Neocon Republicans’ argument about health care. The fact is that their argument is simply a lie. It’s a big...

Fair and Unbalanced

People want us to be fair and impartial. Not seeing conspiracies behind every voting booth. So perhaps we can attempt to be fair and...

Peace and Expansion Versus War and Destitution

We live in a world of political chaos. The single most important problem we face is the ascendancy of the rich. In itself, there...

The Problem with Cowboys

When you elect a guy who really only wanted to be a cowboy as President of the United States, you have a big problem....

The Populist Solution

Let’s get right to it. Here’s how a political party that had the interests of the People at heart would balance the budget and...

Paul Ryan’s Yellow Brick Road to Oblivion

In this country we have some of the finest economists in the world. Many of them, including Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Lawrence Summers and...

A Tale of Two Senators

One is tough; the other is a slug. You decide which is which. Does anyone remember the old commercial about the guy who drives...

The Great Neoconservative Tax Fallacy

Since Ronald Reagan was elected, the whole thrust of the Conservative and now the Neoconservative movement in Right Wing Republican politics is to tell...

Go Home, Sarah. We’ve all had enough.

Go home, Sarah. "Back to Alaska," as the song says. We’re not going to elect Annie Oakley as President, and, besides, we’ve seen you...

Neocon Propaganda Kills 6 and Wounds 12 More

So we have another Right-Wing-sponsored murder. Congresswoman Gaby Giffords Kelly was shot through the head, and six other people were murdered, including a nine-year-old...

Neocons to Middle Class: Forget Health Care Reform. Buy or Die!

The Neocons have begun their full-scale assault on the middle and lower classes of the American People. It began January 6, 2011, with the...