I don’t usually cover sob stories, but this one is so touching it might make you cry. Or throw up. It’s about some workers who toiled all last year in the caverns of New York...
Growing up, I absorbed a lot of values from my Ol’ Texas Daddy – a strong commitment to the Common Good, a healthy work ethic, and a lively sense of humor. But one thing about...
Sometimes, little things can be a big deal. For example, in considering ways to help protect Mother Earth from global environmental rampages by us humans, look out your window. In many cities and most suburbs,...
As many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino – closed to commoners, but offering full-service access to corporate powers. But there’s another government entity that’s even more aloof...
Question: How many legs does a dog have if you count the tail as a leg? Answer: Four – calling the tail a leg doesn’t make it one. Likewise, calling a small group of partisan...
Sometimes, stupid political ideas beget even stupider political tactics. For example, a faction of right-wing Republicans wants to stop public discussion and actions involving two ideas they hate: (1) racism always has been and still...
Excuse me for using explicit language here, but it seems to me that today’s most vulgar expression of right-wing extremist dogma is its unhealthy obsession with banning books. It’s a political perversion that, ironically, its...
There’s a new “ism” creeping into America’s vocabulary… and into our social order: Bossism. Being a boss can merely mean you’re in charge – but in this age of glaring inequality and autocratic corporate rule,...
The craziest political word of the year is “woke,” as in “Don’t be woke!” It’s a command barked by far-right-wing fomenters of culture war and their political toadies. Their intent is to demonize and shut...
Why, you might ask, is there so much labor activism these days? Right-wing Republicans claim it’s the work of union agitators fomenting class warfare. Bovine excrement! Rather, it’s the accumulation of years of actual class...