2014 Political Animal Awards
Best of the year’s political animals! For all those who have spent the last couple of months shoveling out a car, you should know we’re at the tail … Read more
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The Fight Against Breast Cancer: Turning into a Circus?
Breast cancer awareness: Going a bit nuts over pink Ok, I’ve officially seen it all. Well, that may be an exaggeration. I’m sure there are plenty more “save … Read more
The What-Abouts and Whereabouts of Sen. Pat Roberts
When the crazy strikes, Pat Roberts fights back. With more crazy. In “The Wizard of Oz,” Dorothy assessed the odd things she was experiencing and said to her … Read more
Green Rush Munchies
“Grassnost,” banks and the munchies It’s easy to imagine an arena full of Phish fans raising and waving their lighters to honor US Attorney General Eric Holder for … Read more
1040 Therapy
It’s “10-4 good buddy” for 1040 enforcers It’s been a tough few months recently for the Internal Revenue Service. I get it. It can’t be easy working for … Read more
The Mobsters of Wall Street
Wall Street goons: no punishment, but they get a raise! Assume that you ran a business that was found guilty of bribery, forgery, perjury, defrauding homeowners, fleecing investors, … Read more
Subway: Eat Fresh Plastic
Talk about your fortified bread: Subway has it No matter who you are or where you live or what you drive or whether you thought “The English Patient” … Read more
The Highly Educated Working Poor: Adjunct Professors
Turning professors into ‘adjunct professors’: part-time, low-paid, no-benefit, no-tenure, temporary teachers. There’s a growing army of the working poor in our U.S. of A., and big contingents of … Read more
Congress Critters Can Be Lovable for a Price
The art of schmoozing members of Congress is important to lobbyists A counselor recently advised, “an informal setting,” saying that it is “an effective way to build a … Read more
Guillotine Time for the Rich?
Sympathy for poor rich folks F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote that the rich are different from us. To which Hemingway indirectly snorted, “Yes, they have more money.” And … Read more
