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Surprisingly, top Republicans in Congress and the White House have recently been praising labor! Well, not laborers — but “laboring.”...
The right wing routinely demonizes family-friendly policies of liberals as “social engineering.” But look out! Here come those same politicians,...
The federal budget is not only about money, but fundamentally about our country’s morality — our commitment to fairness, equality, and unity. Which...
Harry Truman once proclaimed: “No man should be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” That might explain the calamitous mess that President...
I made a few New Year’s resolutions this week — not for me, but as self-improvement ideas for some of the powerful people running our country. No...
This holiday season got me to thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas, Hanukkah and other...
America has endured a long panorama of corporate greed — from the East India Trading Company to the Robber Barons, Gordon Gecko Wall Streeters to...
Former New Mexico Gov. Bruce King was renowned for his frequent malapropisms and contorted logic, and now Coca-Cola wants to borrow his tactic to...
Social media has been lighting up like fireworks, with myriad Trump voters exclaiming, “I didn’t know he meant me!” For example, many MAGA...
Howard Lutnick wants to have his cake and eat it, too. Then, he intends to eat your cake. Lutnick is another billionaire corporate huckster who was...
Wow! Who says election promises don’t produce real change? Candidate Donald Trump had loudly proclaimed that he’d force U.S. corporations to move...
Even in a barrelful of rotten apples, you might think there’d still be a few good ones. But don’t get your hopes up looking into barrels labeled “...
Even in a barrelful of rotten apples, you might think there’d still be a few good ones. But don’t get your hopes up looking into barrels labeled “...
Many people feel that America’s political campaigns have become vapid PR hustles with little connection to the real-life concerns of workaday...
Woody Guthrie satirized Depression-era bankers who routinely gouged farmers and poor people. “I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I,” Woody sang...
Forget the cartoonish “Great Man” version of American history. Nearly all social progress in our country has been spurred by unheralded...