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How Trump's Poverty Subsidy Enriches the Rich Nov. 21, 2019
Years ago, a Texas legislator who was occasionally known to take lobbyists' cash in exchange for a v... Read More
The Wealth Monopoly Nov. 13, 2019
I should start this homily on inequality by distinguishing income from wealth. Income is your annual... Read More
Trump's Audacious Immunity Claim: The President's Desperate Attempt to Stop a Grand Jury From Seeing His Tax Returns Invokes Kingly Powers Nov. 06, 2019
Donald Trump's desperate attempt to block a New York grand jury subpoena seeking his tax returns, wh... Read More
Superrichinoids: The Weirdest Species of All Nov. 06, 2019
I love nature shows on TV. They take you into the jungles, the ocean depths, the deserts, the frozen... Read More
Where Trump Can Find a Good Farm Policy Oct. 23, 2019
Government by the rich is called plutocracy. Government by police power is autocracy. Government by ... Read More
Where to Get the Money to Start Fixing Inequality Oct. 16, 2019
When Jesse Jackson ran a strong populist campaign for president in 1988, advocating bold new policie... Read More
Why Would We Trust Plutocrats to Save Us From Plutocracy? Sep. 11, 2019
Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote of being leery of a loud-talking huckster who visited his home: "The ... Read More
Groundhog of Eden Jun. 17, 2019
As I have written before, groundhogs live in my yard. They're fat, furry, graceless, beaver-faced th... Read More
In Defense of Wealth May. 16, 2019
There's been a lot of conversation these days among America's wealthy class about whether capitalism... Read More
Where the Money Is May. 01, 2019
Famed bank robber Willie Sutton once explained that he busted into banks because "that's where the m... Read More
What Is the 'AI Agenda,' Who's Pushing It and Why? Apr. 24, 2019
The great thing about corporate giants is that they are such amazing business innovators. Look at th... Read More
Tax Dodgers Inc. Apr. 17, 2019
How thrilling was Tax Day for you? I refer, of course, to the thrill that you and all of America's m... Read More
Stealing the Tools Apr. 15, 2019
When I was very young, maybe 40 years ago, I worked with a number of unreconstructed workingmen. The... Read More
Blackface Scandals Expose Elite Left's Hypocrisy Mar. 28, 2019
Judging by the news recently, it seems like an awful lot of people are showing up at parties dressed... Read More
Trumponomics: Batman ... or Dracula? Mar. 27, 2019
It's shocking, I tell you, shocking that some millionaires and billionaires would brazenly lie and c... Read More
Gimme That Ol'-Time Religion Mar. 19, 2019
I mean, yeah, you're right: The quest to get your kids into a top college has gotten crazy. We know ... Read More
It's Not Socialism; It's What the People Want Mar. 13, 2019
"Socialism," snarled Donald Trump at a recent pep rally of far-right Republicans. And the obedient c... Read More
Just Say 'No' to the Corporate Bribe Racket Feb. 20, 2019
The richest man in the world, who heads one of the world's largest and richest corporations, is also... Read More
Radical Rollbacks of Payday Lending Rules Make Exploiting the Poor Easier Feb. 15, 2019
The time has come to consider an official name change for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau t... Read More
Antisocial Socialism Feb. 12, 2019
The quest to make sense of America's present political situation goes on ... and on ... and on ... a... Read More
