As Scottish literary giant Robert Burns wrote, “The best-laid schemes of mice and men/Go oft awry.” His 1785 poem, titled “To A Mouse,” could be directed today at the right-wing sloganeers who’ve been scheming so...
America’s family farmers were astonished last year to get a jolly tweet from the President of the United States: “Have fun!” exclaimed The Donald. Fun? The farm economy is in the ditch, with crop prices...
Over my years as a political agitator, a special joy has been getting to know and learn from so many other practitioners of the agitating arts who dare to stand up to moneyed elites. Yes,...
Inequality in America doesn’t just “happen” – it’s deliberately created by the self-serving actions of corporate powers and political autocrats. You might have noticed, for example that your health care costs keep rocketing into the...
There’s a hunter’s nightmare in which a group of them flush some rabbits out of the brush. But rather than scampering away, the furry bunnies turn toward their stalkers. “Run,” shouts one of the hunters....
E-I-E-I-O! If Republican agriculture policy was a crop, farmers would plow it under. Why? Because it’s worthless. Worse than worthless, GOP policy: 1) bilks taxpayers to pay billions of dollars a year to bail out...
We’re being told that an earth-shaking, transformative age of “generative artificial intelligence” is already upon us. We’re told not to worry though, just accept it, because an elite clique of über-smart, über-rich tech barons have...
You probably won’t believe this, boys and girls, but there was a time when government regulatory officials believed it was their public duty to – get this – serve the public! How? By enforcing laws...
Years ago, a Texas lawmaker got caught using his official position to enrich himself by taking money from special interests, in exchange for voting their way. The culprit did not deem this as corrupt, but...
When corporations try to bamboozle us commoners, they fire three levels of deceit at us. First comes their basic lies… then they escalate to a barrage of damn lies… and finally they resort to their...