The Current Common Wisdom Is Wrong
We often refer to the "common wisdom" in society, the general knowledge passed on by word of mouth locally, regionally and eventually expressed in...
Wall Street Journal: Unemployment Benefits Are Bad for America
In a recent article entitled “Stimulating Unemployment” the Wall Street Journal inadvertently showed its true colors. Black. They would like us all to wear...
Voodoo Economics Versus Outright Fraud
Here’s what “Voodoo Economics” is all about. Voodoo Economics refers to a theory put forth by economist Arthur Laffer in 1980…and perhaps remains his...
Sinister Economics
Let’s understand one thing. The economic problems of the country were not caused by “Progressive” or “Liberal” or “Populist” policies. They were caused in...
Government by Lobbyist
The recent Citizens United verdict by the Supreme Court makes one thing clear. For the time being, at least, lobbying is here to stay...
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...
Fixing the Economy and the Budget–for the People
It’s wonk city, folks. If you don’t have any patience, don’t read on. But if you don’t read on, don’t blame us if the...
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...
On Oil Spills and Government Spoils
This is about our country.We have been through the Second Age of the Moguls and it was worse than the first, if that is...
Here’s How Right Wing Obstruction Affects You Personally.
Life is not a newsreel, someone once said. It is not a sound bite. It is not the mere reporting of Republican Reich Wing...
A Presidential Commission–To Cut Your Benefits
"Houston, we have a problem....""We're out of money."Our fiscal problems have at last reached emergency status. The Republicans, yes, the Republicans--in a purely...
Greed
"The time has come" the walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is...
The Dangerous Game
Anarchy is the absence of government. It could be a placid, pastoral society or it could be the wild, wild West. The fact is,...
Neoconservative Vs. Liberal
Let's make some distinctions, shall we, so that when Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin or some other anti-American, pro-internationalist, pro-corporate hack comes on television...
It Can Happen Here. It’s Happening Now.
First they came after our land. Then they came after our trees. Then they came after our money. Now they want to take our...