Cleaning Up After Pundits
Cleaning off the horsestuff that careless politicos dump on the word “populist.” Being a muckracking political writer often makes me feel like a custodian in a horse barn, … Read more
Cleaning off the horsestuff that careless politicos dump on the word “populist.” Being a muckracking political writer often makes me feel like a custodian in a horse barn, … Read more
Some drug company CEO’s dwell on bottom level of grotesque immorality. Corporate price gouging is never nice. But gouging people on the price of medicines they rely on … Read more
Equality and shared prosperity can be ours, but only if we insist. Instead of griping about the greedheads of Wall Street and the rip-off financial system they’ve hung … Read more
Trump tries to sound like a populist, but his policies are just more trickle-down hokum. An old saying asserts that falsehoods come in three escalating levels: “Lies, damn … Read more
Some debt collectors are rampaging across the country, ruthlessly abusing consumer rights, and must be stopped. Some corporations engage in such abusive consumer rip-offs that they’re just plain … Read more
A progressive, populist uprising has achieved much in the past 15 months. What an amazing Democratic primary season it was! And we now have this happy result: WE … Read more
The political revolution will continue after Election Day – if you stay involved. The fervent prayer of old-line Democratic operatives and corporate funders is that the Sanders Storm … Read more
The ‘political revolution’ Sanders spoke of is actually happening – join in with the serious, but fun, work! As we approach the upcoming Democratic convention, let’s look back … Read more
Fresh from working on the Democratic national platform committee, Jim Hightower reports. An old cowboy aphorism offers this advice: “Speak the truth. But ride a fast horse.” I … Read more
It’s getting hot in Indianapolis: Wall Street greed forces yet another plant shutdown. If the chieftains of industry and their political henchmen want to know what’s roiling the … Read more