While the production of my Lowdown commentaries is high-tech, I confess that I’m antiquated. I still write each piece in...
Month: January 2026
There are industries that occasionally do something rotten. And there are industries like Big Oil, Big Pharma, and Big Tobacco...
The US military has long been an easy mark – for our own avaricious corporate contractors, that is. During the...
If you’re ever asked to define the word oxymoron, just say, “Congressional ethics.” People instinctively burst out guffawing at the...
WARNING: News headlines can give you a headache. For example, take typical headlines on today’s environmental stories: •Earth’s climate getting...
One of the most obnoxious sounds in nature is the whine of a Wall Street banker. It’s a cross between...
Interesting fact: While all federal officials take an oath that they will support the US Constitution, Supreme Court justices must...
In my childhood years, I got to experience something I’ve cherished ever since: Starry nights. I was lucky to spend...
Recent polling confirms what you’d hear if you talked to people at most any Chat & Chew Café across America...
There’s greed… and then there’s the nauseating greed of profiteering corporations that make a killing – literally – by knowingly...