Vandals Took the Handles: Who Controls Our Water?
Our water system is badly broken: after years of neglect and corruption, it’s clear the “vandals took the handles.” “The pump don’t work ’cause the vandals took the … Read more
Jim Hightower
What Are You Drinking?
How embarrassing is it that the techno-advanced, engineering powerhouse of America has a growing crisis of drinking water quality? A mechanical marvel of human ingenuity was plopped down … Read more
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and You: Which One Pays Taxes?
We now live in a Facebook-Instagram-Google world of billionaire ethics and expectations, where “only a fool” pays taxes. While Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed, “I have a … Read more
To Fix the Labor Shortage, Start with the Wage Shortage
Low-wage employers find that they have a critical labor shortage. Hint: raise wages! A recent newspaper article had an astonishing headline: “Labor shortage ends when wages rise.” Gosh, … Read more
Bigots and Jolly Bankers
You’d think this claim brought by bigots would be laughed out of court, but the case has gone to a hyperpartisan, right-wing judge. Amazingly, the agricultural commissioner of … Read more
Shameless Monopolies and Makers
Two behemoths control most raw milk processing, and these shameless monopolies are forcing farmers to sell milk for less than it costs to produce. For the past several … Read more
Doing Good Business in the Food Economy
Companies big and small in the food economy are blazing a different path through Wall Street’s jungle of greed. A cadre of business school economists, high-tech speculators and … Read more
Rich Whites Trying to Suppress Native Americans – Again
Some well-to-do whites want to prevent Native Americans who have lived on the tip of Long Island for generations from improving their lives. It’s tough being rich. For … Read more
Why Do We Celebrate Earth Day?
The persistence of the movement is directly related to the persistent greed of the plunderers, yet they can’t understand why we continue to celebrate Earth Day. “Here it … Read more
To Bust Monopoly Power, Start with Dinner
No longer just a parlor game, monopoly is what’s for dinner. No longer just a parlor game, monopoly is what’s for dinner. Practically every commodity and every step … Read more
