President Obama’s No-Win War: Presiding While Black (PWB)
The President of the United States is engaged in a no-win war. Not with Syria, but with the hard big-W White far Right of The Dead Billionaires Club and their … Continue reading →
Are the Fed and Financial Institutions are Screwing Over Poor Americans’ Savings? Bank on It.
The poorest Americans amongst us, who need to save and grow their money the most, are systematically screwed over by both the banks and a U.S. Treasury recovering from a … Continue reading →
Economy 101 Rap for Non-Economists is the new Schoolhouse Rock
The average Joe has zip, zero, nada understanding of what the hell is going on with the economy. Don’t feel bad, many economists aren’t far behind you. Online video producer … Continue reading →
The Missing Link to Human Potential: Universal Health Care and a Real Social Safety Net
Can we ever climb out of the muck and mire of more than a millennia of Medieval politics? The lords of the manor are gone, but the CEOs of modern corporate feudalism … Continue reading →
In the Shadow of the Tea Party Revolt: Where are the Jobs, Jobs Jobs?
We are just two months away from the anniversary of the mid-term election of 2010, the oft-celebrated “Tea Party Revolt” by the Right. Tea Party Republicans swept into the 2010 … Continue reading →
GOP Economic Havoc: It’s the Social Agenda, Stupid
The debt ceiling needs raising! The debt ceiling needs raising! Everyone on TV, on the radio and print clamoring like Chicken Little. Freak about the world coming to a financial … Continue reading →
U.S. Economy 101 (in Plain English, with Humor!): How the GOP and the Media Are Shucking You
Be honest: You and most people are affected by the economy, but you only have a glimmer of an idea why it’s screwed up. There is the massive disinformation campaign … Continue reading →
Sorry Republicans: TARP Worked.
If you turned on a TV, or picked up a newspaper, or logged in to the Internet in 2008, it was everywhere: The Bailout. It was evil. It was immoral. … Continue reading →