Can ‘Powerless Nobodies’ Fight the Corporate Powers?
Corporate powers like the Formosa Plastics Corporation need to be held accountable. The many sparkling bays along the Texas coastline of the Gulf of Mexico have long provided … Read more
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‘Tax the Rich’ Is No Longer Just a Political Slogan
We the People can choose a path that bends toward justice: 6 in 10 Americans favor Sen. Warren’s plan to tax the rich. There’s nothing inevitable about inequality. … Read more
How Trump’s Poverty Subsidy Enriches the Rich
How the rich get richer (of course) with the so-called poverty subsidy. Years ago, a Texas legislator who was occasionally known to take lobbyists’ cash in exchange for … Read more
Superrichinoids: The Weirdest Species of All
“Superrichinoids” have an irrational, insatiable desire to accumulate boundless personal wealth, making them the weirdest species of all. I love nature shows on TV. They take you into … Read more
Where to Get the Money to Start Fixing Inequality
Is fixing inequality even possible? When Jesse Jackson ran a strong populist campaign for president in 1988, advocating bold new policies and programs to address fixing inequality, establishment … Read more
This is Your Brain on Aphorisms: Ukrainegate, Last Con-Temptation of Trump?
Ukrainegate explained in aphorisms. WikiLeaks… and so does the White House! Idiots and morons always do cover-oops. What do I think the White House should do about all … Read more
State Lottery Taps Opioid Maker to Develop Super-Addictive Lottery Ticket
With latest move, State Lottery officials hope to completely wipe out ‘pesky’ lower class. CHICAGO — In an effort to rid the state of the proletariat and boost … Read more
The Gloppy Mess of Merger Mania
The old merger mania model of self-enrichment through corporate takeover, consolidation and contraction turns out to be not just bad morals but bad business. Here’s a recipe for … Read more
When the World Is on Fire, What Should We Do?
For millions of people around the globe, the pressing issue of our time is this: The world is on fire! For millions of people around the globe — … Read more
Why Would We Trust Plutocrats to Save Us from Plutocracy?
Forgive me for not believing for a moment that there’s one iota of sincerity in this sudden assertion of egalitarian sentiment by today’s plutocrats. Ralph Waldo Emerson once … Read more
