The American people have become used to government trickery in foreign affairs—wars and interventions based on lies and falsified evidence, “national security” used to justify…
Elizabeth Warren
When the going got tough, Barack got in a huff, and then he got gruff. President Obama has worked himself into such a tizzy over…
New disturbing information has surfaced that the House Republicans’ trade adjustment assistance bill, which supports the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, contains a Medicare poison…
Barack Obama made headlines this week by taking on Sen. Elizabeth Warren in a dispute over our latest labor-crushing free trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership.…
There were some decidedly Kafkaesque aspects of the Congressional debate this week on Fast Track legislation, designed to speed through the passage of secret trade…
Yielding to the Duopoly: Is There A Left Left? The 2016 presidential election is picking up steam. That doesn’t seem to be the case, however,…
In society, exclusivity creates desirability. Whether it's that special country club or elite college, privilege is defined by the rejection rate. In the previous era,…
Last year the vampires of finance bought themselves a Congress. I know it’s not nice to call them that, but I have my reasons, which…
As the predictable cycle of presidential election denial settles in, its initial focus appears to be primarily on one Hillary Rodham Clinton. Thus, I thought…
It does not matter to the corporate rich who wins the presidential election. It does not matter who is elected to Congress. The rich have…
President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Obama: You have taken a strong across-the-board position favoring the…
What will our society look like as it is forced to migrate away from fossil fuels and confront more serious climate change and dwindling resources?…