Dick Cheney and the Rise of Neo-Fascism
We are going through the worst period in American life since 1946. By the end of World War II, we had lost over half...
Hedge Fund Managers Are Coming for Your State Pension Funds.
One of the most serious and largest scams now being perpetrated by the Republican Party on the American public is the “unfunded liability” state...
The Economy, Politics and Jobs
One of the key problems with the country today is the lack of jobs. If we had jobs, we would have more economic activity...
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 Great Neocon Budget Hoax
Representative Paul Ryan, Neocon-Republican of Wisconsin, has laid out an economic plan for the future of the country. The problem with his plan, however,...
Bruce Rauner: Money and Neo-Fascism
For those who don’t know, Bruce Rauner is the new Republican governor of Illinois. And money? We all know what money is. Rauner is...
The Failure of Conservatism and the Future of American Economics. Part...
In 1946, in the shadow of the carillon tower on the campus of the University of Chicago, an economist by the name of Milton...
The Failure of Conservative Economics Part VII — Solutions
So what are the solutions to our economic problems?They’d better be good. The Bush Administration left us with an enormous mess.In...
Budget Cuts–Coming After Your Social Security
It is time to pay attention to the Peterson Commission. And you had better pay attention and tell your friends and have them tell...
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...
Unions and the Middle Class
It’s time we began to look for ways to organize large numbers of people against the now dominant power of the Plutocracy. Unions are...
Big Oil
Every time you put gas in your car, you support Big Oil, the major oil companies, some of the largest global corporations in the...
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...
On Raising Taxes and Restoring the Dream
We have all benefited from lower taxes in the years since 1980. So we can’t simply say that the rich have benefited. We all...
Make No Mistake About It–Neocon Republicans Are Holding up Financial Reform.
The Neoconservative Republican Party is holding up the financial reform bill. It is even holding up amendments by Republican Senators, the same Senators who...