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Stephen Pizzo has been published everywhere from The New York Times to Mother Jones magazine. His book, Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans, was nominated for a Pulitzer.
SHARE Tuesday, March 10, 2009 A Real Stem-Cell Twister
So, Obama reverses Bush's ban on funding fetal stem cell research and the religious right (along with the sycophantic pols whose only vote-getting trick is to pander to them) came out of the woodwork.
SHARE Friday, July 5, 2013 What's in Your Mail? Inquiring Minds Want to Know
President Eisenhower warned as he left office not to allow a "military/industrial complex" to capture the national agenda and treasury. It did anyway. Now we face a new threat; the "security/industrial complex." And we're losing that battle as well.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, October 9, 2009 Knee-Capped by Capitalism
I look forward to the day when I can sit down at this keyboard in the morning and, looking ahead, write a column while humming “Zippity Do Dah, Zippity Day.†Instead I find myself spending a lot of time worrying. I only mention this because lately the focus of my worries has been the economy. Not the US economy, but the global one
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, May 31, 2010 So, Now What? Now Who?
When Bush was in his final months every day was "November dreamin'". Now it's November dreadin'
(10 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 25, 2009 What's In a Name? Just Everything
Hey, did ya hear the latest idea from Republicans to revive their moribund party. Here it is:
Demand that the Democratic National Committee – AKA, the Democratic Party – change its name to – are you ready for this? The Democrat-Socialist Party, the DSP.
(8 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 1, 2013 On the Road to Hell
Trick Question: What's the difference between Iraq today and Syria today?
Answer: They are only killing one another. And, frankly, that's the way it should be.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, April 20, 2009 America High, 90210
Ever wonder what the world would be like if it were run by those who were popular in high school? Well, I have...
SHARE Monday, August 11, 2008 Secure the Evidence --- NOW !
The Bush administration's days are numbered. That's both a good and bad news story.
The good news is we are now less than six months away from the end of America's longest nightmare.
The bad news is we have less than six months for congress and the courts to insure that, when these guys leave Washington on Jan 21, 2009, they leave behind an accurate and complete historical record.
(4 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 21, 2008 It's Over
Only only the most lobotomized Clinton Moony can deny what's as obvious as the nose on his or her face.
(19 comments) SHARE Friday, July 10, 2009 No Public Option, No Re-election, NO KIDDING
Suddenly when it comes to health care reform, "how are we going to pay for this" has become a consuming question on Capitol Hill. Why now?
SHARE Tuesday, July 29, 2008 The Excuses Administration
Amazing, isn't it? We've now lived through seven and half years of goose-stepping arrogance married with utterly breathtaking incompetence, and have six more months of it yet to play out.
SHARE Monday, September 13, 2010 Been Here -- Done This
Question: What's the difference between the American Party of 1850 and the Tea Party of 2010?
Answer: Polyester.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, October 7, 2010 Slouching Towards Austerity
It's a term sweeping the developed world -" "austerity." It's not the way the 21st Century was supposed begin, at least not for Western countries who, since the end of World War II have enjoyed one hell of run. That's about to change.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, June 26, 2010 Memo To Barack Obama
Barack, Barack, Barack. Don't just change generals, change course.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, February 18, 2008 Harry Reid: Shame or Disgrace?
Harry Reid violated the oath he took to "preserve and protect the Constitution of the United States of America from enemies foreign or domestic." Ask the two Democratic candidates if they would push to replace Reid immediately upon taking their oath of office.
SHARE Monday, July 6, 2009 Speaking Ill of the Dead
This August I turn 64. In 1965 I lost my student deferment and ended up in the US Marine Corps. That makes me a Robert McNammar survivor.
SHARE Thursday, June 14, 2012 Fluxing Around
Sun Tzu (of The Art of War fame) coined the term "shi," (pronounced "shee") which roughly translates into English as, "the art of understanding matters in flux." There's two interesting aspects to this term:
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, November 21, 2008 Put A Sock In It -- For a While.
Jumping all over Obama before he even takes the oath of office is stupid and self-defeating. It's like the abused dog that now bites every hand that reaches out to him, even in kindness
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 20, 2013 Drama Queen Nation?
We've not only become attracted to catastrophe and chaos, but we've created 24/7/365 communication empires ready, posed, even eager to deliver the goods when the worst happens.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 24, 2007 Hello, 911? I'd Like to Report a Crime
What's it take to get a guy impeached these days? Seems like the bar has been raised since Clinton.