Here’s a recipe for you: Chop up some Oscar Mayer wieners, stir in Heinz ketchup, blend with Cool Whip and Maxwell House Coffee, sprinkle Planters peanuts over the mixture, add A.1. Steak Sauce, then top...
Like most politicians, corporate executives never do anything wrong. If anything wrong does “happen,” it’s always someone else’s fault. That’s been the gutless ploy of Kroger supermarket honchos who recently yanked all local newsweeklies and...
Do you shop at a Kroger supermarket? Or maybe at Ralph’s, Fred Meyer, King Sooper’s, or… well, never mind, all of these and more are part of the vast Kroger fiefdom of 2,759 grocery stores...
As George Bernard Shaw noted, “You don’t make progress by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well-hammered yourself.” That certainly has been true of progressives in our country. It has been audacious American...
When did We The People vote to outlaw peaceful public protest against corporate profiteers who’re running roughshod over our values, livelihoods, environment, and… well, our lives? Answer: Never. Yet, behind our backs, for-sale state lawmakers...
The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don’t like democracy at all. They prefer to rule by buying lawmakers, hiring lobbyists, running Orwellian PR...
For millions of people around the globe – especially young people – the pressing issue of our time is this: The world is on fire! On fire with climate change, creating a new and intensifying...
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote of being leery of a fast-talking huckster who visited his home: “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons,” Emerson exclaimed. Likewise, today’s workaday families...
Great news, people! We have a new ally in our historic battle against corporate plutocracy: Corporate plutocrats. Yes, we’ve now been joined by the CEOs of JPMorgan Chase, Walmart, Amazon, and nearly 200 other giant...
From the very start of our nation, the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights was not stately legislative halls, but rowdy beer halls. Indeed, “pub democracy” remains strong across our country,...