Who Can Win–Sanders or Biden?

I am voting for Bernie Sanders and I encourage everyone else, Democrat, Republican, Socialist, Fascist, Herbalist, Libertarian, Vegetarian, Green, Blue, Black, Brown, Hispanic or...

Trump’s Phony (and Dangerous) War on Coronavirus

Are you safe from coronavirus? We’d like to think so. We’re the largest most advanced economy in the world and Capitalism is supposed to...

How Budget Deficits Steal from Social Security

Years ago, we published an article called, “Who Stole Your Social Security and Why.” The point of the article, in those days, 2009, was...

Trump is Packing the Courts Against the Average Citizen.

What is the last, best hope of mankind? Is it not a great democracy, governed by the will of the majority? Isn’t it necessary...

Can a Radical New idea Change American Politics?  

 In September of 2017 Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter published a report called “Why Competition in the Politics Industry is Failing America.” It has...

20 Reasons Not to Vote for Trump: His Cabinet

Whether you are a Conservative or a Liberal, you should be concerned with President Trump’s Cabinet level appointments. These are people who, you will...

The Real American Prosperity

 The world is a vast place with billions of people. Most, live in conditions that would make our homeless seem moderately well off. Yet,...

An Impeachment Primer. Will Trump Be Removed from Office?

  Can’t decide about whether or not the President should be impeached?  Well, we have our own ideas. To help you decide, here are the...

Lies and Lobbyists: 21st Century Republicans

America thinks that it has a problem with discovering reality--what is true and what is “fake.” This was never a problem until now. Presidents...

Inequality Reforms, Not Capital Investment

senator Marco Rubio's new report on American Investment in the 21st Century leaves quite a bit to be desired by the average economist let...
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Trump Health Care Plan: Wheat for the Rich; Chaff for the Middle Class

On December 22, 2017, amid much breast-beating and boasting of the greatest political victories of all time, surpassing Harry Truman and the Republican Demi-God,...

Trump Cuts Medicare and Social Security in 2020 Budget.

If re-elected, President Donald Trump has budgeted to cut Medicare by $848 billion. He will cut Medicaid by $1.5 Trillion and cut $25 billion...
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How  “Medicare for All” Can Easily Be Funded by the Super-Rich. 

Medicare for All is a plan to bring health care to everyone in the United States, primarily to citizens but also, in some form, accessible to non-citizens, such as exchange workers and students and perhaps in some form of payment to non citizens resident aliens, pending naturalization.

Comcast’s Own Game of Thrones.

I don't watch much live television. But I do like to watch ballgames and golf and certain types of British television programming. I'm not...