The Truth About the National Debt

Attention: propaganda groups! Neocons to propaganda groups: Come in Please! Attention!Let’s distract the Helots, the Tea Baggers. Let’s send them to the opposite...

We Need Unions Today More Than Ever.

Under the Bush Administration, unions found themselves once again under siege. The last 29 years have been a battle against corporate lobbyists, Right-Wing radio...

The Sunday Not-So-Funnies

The Sunday morning news and opinion programs draw very few crowds. As with many things having to do with politics…only unimportant things like…life….and….death, the...

The Don Seigelman Travesty: How Neocons Corrupted the Justice System

I think anyone would agree that if a former Governor of a state, one who is running for a return to office and is...

Neoconservative Obstruction and How to End It.

Since 2007, there has been a Democratic majority in the House of Representatives and a slim majority of 51-49 took over in the Senate...

It’s About Jobs…and the Economy…and How We Got Here!

Americans need jobs. Yes, you can say that the Gross National Product has increased a certain amount or fallen back a certain amount. You...

The Supreme Court: The Unthinkable May Have Happened.

For decades, if not for a century or more, we in the United States have been proud to believe that our Supreme Court has...

The Supreme Court Says: Corporations, Yes–Americans, No.

Yesterday, January 21, 2009 may have been a watershed moment in the short timeline of American history. Many say it was. If they are...

What’s the Matter with Massachusetts?

Scott Brown, the Republican member of the Massachusetts state legislature, who appeared nude in Cosmopolitan Magazine, is the new Senator from Massachusetts. He claims...

Look For the Union Legacy.

America is a society that is governed by the principle of majority rule. In a free society, some form of majority rule is the...

Wall Street Just Doesn’t Get It!

There is no question that the financial industry is out to lunch and they have been for years. The Chamber of Commerce, on CNBC,...

Forty Republicans, Five Democrats and Health Care Reform

We now have a health care plan that passed in the Senate and one that passed in the House of Representatives. Holding up true...

Nazis and Neoconservatives…Are There Valid Comparisons?

For some time now, we have seen comparisons between various groups, various individuals and the Nazis. The comparisons are almost always totally imperfect. First...

Death and Taxes

The Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute plus Grover Norquist’s group, whatever he calls it….basically “We Don’t Want to Pay ANY Taxes, Inc.” have...