30 Articles
Thursday, November 5, 2009
A Tale of Two Dicks
Disgraced former president Dick Nixon and former vice president Dick Cheney have much in common, particularly that both of them egregiously violated their oaths of office. Cheney's must be brought to justice over his many such violations.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Et tu, Joe?
U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, once a Democrat, now undercuts his former party -- and the American people -- by opposing any "public option" for health care reform. Shame on him.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Blaming the Victims of the Credit Card Companies
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Senator Chris Dodd has proposed an interim freeze on credit card rates and fees until the new law limiting those costs takes effect. We should support Sen. Dodd's efforts to prevent the further victimizing of those already victimized by the greedy issuers of credit cards.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Of Dithering and Ditherers
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney calls President Obama to task for "dithering" on the War in Afghanistan. Cheney is way out-of-line. Decisions on Afghanistan are too important to rush.
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Betrayal of America's Elderly
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The Social Security Administration's recent denial of any cost of living increase in Social Security benefits will reduce American seniors' real incomes and standard of living in 2010. It is a betrayal of trust.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Shortsighted Unions Blindsided the Obama Administration on Health Care
The American Labor movement needs to rethink its highly-public and highly-publicized opposition to the health care legislation now working its way through Congress. Half a loaf is indeed better than none.
Monday, October 5, 2009
The Audacity of Audacity
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Barack Obama's wasted efforts to secure the 2016 Olympic Games for Chicago represent the wrong kind of audacity, as not only were they doomed, but they may have helped doom America to the continuation of second rate health care, a fruitless war in Afghanistan, and a jobless economic recovery.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
FEMA -- Not Yet Ready for "Prime Time"
Eight years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist tragedy, and some five years after Hurricane Katrina, FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) remains unprepared to deal with our next emergencies and disasters. That is totally unacceptable.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Joe the Racist
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South Carolina Republican Representative Joe Wilson's intemperate outburst against President Obama is a sign of his own racism, and of the reality that racism is not yet banished from America.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
It's All a Matter of Interpretation!
An imaginary conversation between former President Bill Clinton and North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, through a creative interpreter, leading to the release of reporters Ling and Lee.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
What about the Supreme Court´s DNA?
The U.S. Supreme Court erred atrociously by finding that long-term prisoners have no inherent right to the use of DNA evidence to be freed. This article points out the consequences of that wrongful decision and what can be done about it.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Two Bad Approaches from Barack Obama
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Two blunders by the Obama Administration are outlined: the President´s pandering to Moslems in his Egyptian speech, and their proposal to shortcut justice for Guantanamo detainees in capital cases.
Friday, May 29, 2009
GM really has it coming!
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General Motors could and should have foreseen the disaster towards which it was heading long ago. The firm´s legendary arrogance led to its downfall.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Cooperatism: What the World Really Needs Now
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A new economic system, Cooperatism, is vital to our moving out of the present severe recession and into a new era of prosperity which benefits all of us.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Never Again!
The world has yet to learn the lessons of the Nazi Holocaust and more recent genocides. Those lessons are discussed in this piece.
Monday, April 6, 2009
A Bad Precedent at GM
The down-side of the hasty firing of the General Motors chairman, ordered by the White House, is described by a liberal economist who grew up in a GM city, Dayton, Ohio. Michael Moore's enthusiasm over the firing is misplaced.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Shame on Ed Henry!
CNN White House Correspondent Ed Henry criticized President Barack Obama at Obama's news conference for not responding instantly to news of the AIG bonuses. This article properly criticizes Ed Henry for the rude style and manner of his fake questions.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Stop the Bonuses at AIG
AIG, the American Insurance Group, would better stand for: Ain't I Greedy. The incompetents running this failed firm now want to pay out another nearly $170 million in bonuses to those who helped ruin it. This article outlines why, and how, those bonuses must be stopped now.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Dick Cheney is Despicable!
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The best thing America can do while awaiting former Vice President Dick Cheney's prosecution for war crimes and malfeasance is to totally ignore him. That is the one thing he cannot abide.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
The Decline and Fall of AARP
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The AARP, once a proud organization acting on behalf of America's seniors, has deteriorated into a sleazy provider of overpriced and often-unneeded "services" to seniors.
This article specifies the decline and fall of the AARP.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
So, what's wrong with earmarks?
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Why are earmarks considered so evil? This article presents the other side, the case for the intelligent use of earmarks to rebuild our infrastructure and conduct studies vital to our wellbeing.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Making Matters Worse: America's Credit Card Issuers
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Credit Card issuers are changing their terms adversely against their customers, using the present economic downturn as their excuse. That is truly shameful, and should be prevented for any company which took federal bailout money. Congress should act on this immediately.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
The Biggest Swindler in History
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson is the biggest swindler in history, taking nearly a trillion dollars of Federal money and giving it to Wall Street financial institutions as well as others whose greed and incompetence got the best of them.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Bobby Jindal and Volcanos
A commentary and analysis of Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's Republican response to President Obama's State of the Union Address,
which illustrates just why they are the minority party, and are likely to stay in that position.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Judd Gregg and Census 2010
U.S. Senator Judd Gregg's likely reasons for dropping out as nominee for Treasury Secretary are outlined; there is more to his embarrassing decision than meets the eye. Rather, Gregg's decision meets the nose, as there is a bad odor about it.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Wall Street Needs To Grow Up!
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The article explains the real underlying reasons for the nearly-400 point drop in the Dow Jones market average when Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner unveiled his financial rescue plan. It is written by an economist and financial analyst specializing in public finance.
Friday, December 26, 2008
American Banking's Shameful Double Standard
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America's large banks and other financial institutions have taken several hundred billion ultimately-taxpayer dollars of Federal TARP bailout funds without making a full accounting to the government, taxpayers, or the general public. This article points out how several large banks impose demands on their customers by fee-and-charge-gouging while refusing to accept demands for full information on their own uses of TARP funds.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
The SEC's Chickens Come Home to Roost
This article demonstrates the long-standing incompetence and irrelevance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, illustrated by its author's own experience as regional manager for a worldwide securities firm. The specific violations of securities rules and regulations at his firm were tolerated by the SEC for decades.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
COOPERATISM: WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW
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COOPERATISM describes a new economic system, designed by a professional economist who advised several presidents, which avoides the adversarial nature of the so-called market economy, by bringing all stakeholders into the economic process. Cooperatism would have avoided the present economic and financial crisis and malaise.
Monday, December 22, 2008
The Parable and Paradox of Santa Henry
This article portrays U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as an evil Santa Claus bailing out the greedy
