How to Play Monopoly
To play Monopoly, the goal is straightforward: Accumulate property, control the board and ruin all the other players. To play Monopoly, the goal is straightforward: Accumulate property, control … Read more
Jim Hightower
Once Again Congress Exposes Its Butt-Ugly Morality
Chicken Little Democrats are a subset whose members call themselves moderates, but whose ethics are as butt-ugly as the Republicans’. Here they come again — the usual butt-ugly … Read more
Taking On Monopoly Power
“Free market” is just a rhetorical deceit that means monopoly power is free to lock down the market. From our school years forward, the Holy Keepers of the … Read more
Republican Supremes Defrocking Themselves
The extremist Republican Supremes now in control have been busy denying that they are a bunch of partisan hacks. Too bad they actually are! Ralph Waldo Emerson told … Read more
No Vote, No Work: The First American Labor Strike Was in 1619!
Workers in America have a long history of standing up for themselves: The first labor strike was by Jamestown artisans in 1619. The corporate hierarchy has long tried … Read more
Why Would We Let Wall Street ‘Care For’ Our Pets?
We form deep relationships with our pets, critters who at least pretend to love us back, providing comfort and joy all around. For many people, the animals they … Read more
Pantry Power
When people think of union activism, they think pickets and rallies, not groceries. But a locked-out worker need to fill her pantry. In June, Beto O’Rourke and I … Read more
The Beaumont Story
Call it “The Beaumont Story,” for just like 1954’s moneyed interests, today’s Exxon executives have ambushed Golden Triangle unions. In the 1954 race for Texas governor, the corporate … Read more
Sanity Rising
Parents, grandparents and the general public are all for sanity, and Biden’s “American Families Plan” makes total sense. Sometimes real life catches up with unreal politics, and the … Read more
Child Care: We Should Look Back for Our Future
We must make a significant public investment to sustain an egalitarian system of quality child care. “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance,” the old bumper sticker … Read more
