What Do “Think Tanks” Think About?
Washington D.C. seems to be "ground zero" for think tanks. A think tank is made up of a group of real and imagined "experts"...
Corporatism Versus Populism
Populism is about people. The Latin word for “the people” is populus. So a Populist is one who has concern for the People. Historically...
Neocon-Republicans Putting Lipstick on Racism and Obstruction
Probably the most distressing thing about the malevolent actions of the Right Wing…the hate speech, the deliberate misunderstanding of the motives of the Obama...
Democracy, Socialism, Communism, Fascism, and Neoconservatism
Pass this on to any drooling tea bagger you happen to see wandering down the street carrying a sign and a gun. They clearly...
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...
Republicans and Tea Party Demonstrators Are Not Populists.
Populism, as it relates to politics is a theory of action that demands that legislation be written on behalf of the people, and not...
Lobbying: Our Worst National Disaster
There are about 14,000 lobbyists now in Washington. That is more than 26 lobbyists for every Senator, Congressman and member of the White House...
Tea Bags and Right Wing Liars
Who are these nuts in the tea party rallies?
We're talking about the people carrying the offensive signs, making obscene comments and creating...
Racism and Neoconservatism
What Must Be Said…
Since the late 1960s, Americans have held the belief--which we now know has been a false belief--that we had gone past...
Where is Private Investment? It is time for Public-Private Development of...
Private investment is not working. It doesn’t matter why it is not. It could be a conspiracy. It could be cowardice. It could simply...
The Bible and the Federalist Papers
The year 1776 was not much different from the year 76. In both years and eras there were no airplanes, cars, electric lights, radio,...
Are Neocons Making Us Latin America?
This is not about immigration or our borders. It is not about cultural differences or becoming more Hispanic. This is about a growing income...
Saving America from Itself
This is not about immigration or economics or how the Supreme Court ruined our elections, although they have. This is about the way an...
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...
Selling Out to Corporations: Gale Norton and Bush’s Department of Interior
The health care reform debate brought out the wild and wooly in our society. Not simply the rather profane nut cases, but the craziness...