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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...
Sadism and masochism (abbreviated as S&M) are generally frowned on in polite society as perverse acts of sexual gratification. But what should we...
Perhaps you’ve noticed from the shrinkage (or total elimination) of your local newspaper that this source of hometown journalism has become...
An iconic Texas band, the Austin Lounge Lizards, has a song that nails the absurd self-righteousness of Christian supremacists: “Jesus Loves Me...
A farmer was asked what he’d do if he won a million-dollar lottery. “Well,” he said, “I guess I’d just keep farming ‘til the money runs...
Baraboo, Wisconsin, is known as the former home of the Ringling Bros. Circus‘ headquarters. But even that extravaganza of acrobats and clowns could...
A farmer was asked what he’d do if he won a million-dollar lottery. “Well,” he said, “I guess I’d just keep farming ’til the money runs...
“I’ve got those Payday-Friday Grocery store blues.” That working-class lament is from an old bluegrass song, but millions of working stiffs are...
“Big Boss Man,” an old song by blues legend Jimmy Reed, still packs a potent political punch for today’s working class: You got me workin’,...
Khan is the first real antitrust champion America has had in years. But will leading Democrats have the guts and integrity to defend her?
We’ve recently learned about Project 2025, the GOP’s scheme to let corporate agents take over our government. But what about the less visible...
You know that American politics is turning into a sad joke when a supposedly serious presidential campaign tries to demonize laughter. Yet,...
Suddenly, the presidential election has turned dynamic … even fun! The handoff from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris has not only energized Democrats,...
“Summertime, and the living is easy, fish are jumping, and …” Wait a minute, what the hell is this? A summer camp for kids — but with a disturbing...
For us Texans, there’s nothing new about Bible-thumping politicians bedeviling us with the foolishness of their dogmatic Christian piety. A century...