The Grand Illusion, Part II

Part II -- Who is telling all those lies...and why?They met on the mall in Washington, that renowned place for great assemblies. They...

The Grand Illusion

Part I – Looming disaster and how we got hereThe Tea Party Movement is neither a movement nor has it anything to do with...

Restoring Honor? How About Restoring Sanity?

It is probably not a good idea to give any publicity to this inane plan of Glenn Beck’s to hold a “Restoring Honor” meeting...

Ric Scott Strikes Again.

Ric Scott is the Republican nominee for Governor of the state of Florida. We have had times in this country when governors of states...

On Taxes and Coming Out of Recession

This is a short piece about taxes and jobs. One would hope that this blog is not the only place where there is a...

Creating Jobs in the United States

There are several problems with the current jobs situation and those are in addition to the fact that one out of approximately 8 people...

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....

The Rich Are Winning

When we look at the past year and a half since President Obama and his staff have come to office, we can only shake...

No Cuts to Social Security

Since 1980, the Republican Party has been made up of Conservatives and since Bush the First's term made up of Neoconservatives. In the early...

The “R” Word

In 1917, after generations of serfdom, oppression, starvation and genocide, the people of Czarist Russia took matters into their own hands. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin,...

How to Fix Social Security and Balance the Budget

Michael Hiltzik’s August 6 column in the LA TIMES was pretty thought-provoking on the current Social Security dialogue. And it leads to some rather...

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,...

A Populist Plan to Restore the Economy

This will short and to the point. This is a simple plan to handle a simple problem.Yes, it is not as complicated by a...

Neocons and National Debt

Income taxes were first levied to pay for the Civil War. After the Civil War, personal income taxes were abolished and there were basically...