Here’s Hoping for a Good Outcome, America!
Editorial on our hopes for a good outcome to the election, from the November issue of the Humor Times, printed on 11/22/20. We went to press before Election … Read more
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The Dow Jones v. the Doug Jones
Forget the Dow Jones Industrial Average; we need policymakers who give a damn about the Doug Jones Average. Wow, how about that Dow? The Dow Jones Industrial Average, … Read more
The Deadly Economic Disease Behind COVID-19
Our country’s present “economic disease” is not simply caused by a sudden viral outbreak but by severe, decades-long plutocratic policies. In this horrible time of economic collapse, it … Read more
The Cancer in Washington: A Poem
The Cancer in Washington Washington has been infected, Since the day Trump was elected. It’s filled with corruption and greed From this narcissistic bad seed. Beware if Trump’s … Read more
Kroger: Don’t Lose Local News
“America’s Grocer” arbitrarily ejected local news publications from their stores — what gives? Do you shop at a Kroger supermarket? Or maybe at Ralphs, Fred Meyer, King Soopers, … Read more
Trump to Working Class: ‘Adios, Chumps’
Lavish payouts to top-floor bosses — combined with a miserliness toward rank-and-file employees who actually produce the corporate wealth — is creating an untenable income disparity in corporate … Read more
Playing Monopoly for Real
What the gutsy Boston Tea Party rebels were actually tossing was corporate monopoly power. Get your heave-ho muscles in shape, for the monopolists are back. Shouting “Down with … Read more
Progressive Populism: A Different Kind of Political Beauty
While most of today’s mainline political analysts focus solely on “candidate politics,” citizens who want real progress must focus on progressive populism. What lessons can we progressives take … Read more
Navigating the News Stream
Widen your news stream to get a better perspective. I’ve been reading a book of essays that E. B. White wrote for the New Yorker magazine from 1926 … Read more
Huge White Voter Turnout Myth vs Actual Lack of Dem Vote
The myth of a huge white voter turnout has been debunked. The real story is the lack of Democratic voters. Obama had far more. Okay, check this out. … Read more
