Why Billionaires Are Detested
What is it about billionaires and multimillionaires that makes them both clueless and careless about the impacts of their greed and self-entitlement? Bob Wills, the renowned leader of … Read more
Jim Hightower
The Problem With Plastic… Is Plastic
Plastic has become a dominant element in nature, to the planet’s — and our — detriment. What do your toothbrush, a fish dinner and your running shoes have … Read more
Who’s Really Behind the Desecration of Our Capitol?
What exploded in our Capitol on Jan. 6 is an outrage, a desecration of America’s democratic ideals. I don’t merely mean the ransacking and terrorizing of our Capitol … Read more
We Are All Still Animals
Yes, we homo sapiens are still animals, as dour scolds of human behavior ceaselessly point out. You animal, you! Well, yes, we homo sapiens are still animals, as … Read more
‘Lord of the Flies,’ Revisited
Was William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” more about his own dark nature than the children’s? Many of us read William Golding’s “Lord of the Flies” in high … Read more
Special Gifts for Special People
Ho-ho-ho, wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America’s power elite special people for Christmas. To each of our Congress critters, those oh-so … Read more
Who Cares Who the Secretary of Agriculture Is?
The job of secretary of agriculture in the past has first and foremost been to keep moneyed interests in charge. Years ago, Robert Kennedy noted that making economic, … Read more
A Wealth of Riches, a Poverty of Morals
Despite the pandemic, the wealth of billionaires is zooming, though they suffer from a poverty of morals. Let’s say you’re a millionaire. That’s a lot of money, right? … Read more
Sabotaging Democracy
The GOP doesn’t have broad enough appeal to fairly produce an election majority, so it has resorted to sabotaging democracy. Little-known fact: In more and more races, the … Read more
Bringing a Rich, Aloof, Race-Baiting Congress Critter Down to Earth
A young civil rights champion in Texas has rallied to pull into a tie with Michael McCaul, incumbent race-baiting congress critter. Some people who get elected to Congress … Read more
