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The Monopoly-Go-Round Oct. 19, 2022
A July appeal on the front page of my local newspaper, The Austin American-Statesman, shamelessly sc... Read More
Letter From Sing Sing: Trump's Subpoena Response Sounds Like He's Already in Solitary Oct. 18, 2022
The House Committee investigating former President Donald Trump's assorted efforts to overthrow the ... Read More
The Lie of Shareholder Hegemony Oct. 12, 2022
Attention, class! Here's our word of the day: "hegemony." The word describes a situation in which so... Read More
Reckless Disinterest: Iranians Get Oppressed as Their Regime Gets Coddled Oct. 11, 2022
Nineteenth-century French politician Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin is remembered for only one thing... Read More
Loose Cannon: Trump's Mar-A-Lago Judge Says 'You've Got a Friend In Me' Oct. 04, 2022
When we last left U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, the former President Donald Trump appointee to ... Read More
When Red States Are Dying for Federal Aid Sep. 30, 2022
On his very first day in Congress — long before he began to preen as a potential presidential ... Read More
My Newspaper Died Sep. 28, 2022
My newspaper died. Well, technically it still appears, but even when it's delivered it has no life, ... Read More
Gov. Ron DeSantis: A Communist Dictator's Best Friend Sep. 23, 2022
Ron DeSantis never gets bored of telling us how much he despises communism. Not only does the Flori... Read More
Assorted Nuts Sep. 21, 2022
Let me say one word to you: Nuts. Now, let me say a name to you: Ted Cruz. They've become synonymous... Read More
Frozen Hearts Club: The DeSantis Human Trafficking Show Lays an Egg Sep. 20, 2022
In July 2014, then-Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick defied angry opposition from certain quarters by... Read More
The Shame of Modern Corporate Management Sep. 14, 2022
For generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the... Read More
Harriet Tubman Here to Stay at the CIA Sep. 14, 2022
A woman's bronze statue was just unveiled at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Virgini... Read More
A Fact-Checked Verdict On 'Her Emails' Sep. 09, 2022
The Washington Post's fact-checker Glenn Kessler has delivered a conclusive verdict on the subject t... Read More
Democrats We Might Not Mind Losing Sep. 08, 2022
Hopes are high that Democrats will keep the House after the midterms. And if we could know in advanc... Read More
Confused By Workers Quitting? Sep. 07, 2022
For more than a year, America's corporate chieftains have been moaning about the "Great Resignation"... Read More
Taking From the Working Class and Giving to the Laptop Class Sep. 01, 2022
If you had any doubts that those in power have dropped the pretense of fighting for the working clas... Read More
Work, Sweat, Die: The Price of Really Hot Jobs Aug. 31, 2022
Here's a hot topic for Labor Day: heat. It's been a hell of a hot summer, exploding the top off ther... Read More
The Student Loan Debate Shows How the ACLU Has Lost Its Way: The Venerable Champion of Civil Liberties Is Increasingly Indistinguishable From Myriad Progressive Advocacy Groups Aug. 31, 2022
The American Civil Liberties Union last week applauded President Joe Biden's plan to cancel student ... Read More
I Spy: A Former Guy with The Look of a Crook Aug. 30, 2022
By the end of last week, it wasn't only that our former president was under criminal investigation f... Read More
A Tear-Jerker About the Housing Saga of Some Rich Jerks Aug. 24, 2022
Let's all gather 'round the campfire, buckaroos, and let Ol' Cactus Jim here tell you about some of ... Read More
