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A New Road to Farm, Food and Climate Progress Jan. 03, 2024
"Arkansas Traveler" is an old-time song of folk humor that tells of a well-heeled dandy who gets los... Read More
Want Environmental Progress? Follow The Kids. Dec. 27, 2023
"OK, boomer." That's a snarky phrase currently some use to mock 60- and-70-year-olds they consider t... Read More
Why Air Travel Is So Expensive and Unpleasant Dec. 13, 2023
In a song about outlaws, Woody Guthrie noted that, "Some'll rob with a six-gun / Some with a fountai... Read More
Stay Hydrated, They Say -- Unless You're a Construction Worker Jul. 12, 2023
About 150 years ago, Gen. Philip Sheridan was sweltering in the relentless heat of a Texas summer. H... Read More
The Roberts Court: Something Rotten Under the Robes Jul. 05, 2023
Picture us as peasants in medieval Europe again. We have no human rights, a concept far in the futur... Read More
Grassroots Action Is Shoving States Into Action on Child Care Jul. 05, 2023
Two pieces of good advice: "Never sign nothin' by neon," and "Never negotiate with snakes." But Pres... Read More
The Motown Supremes, Chicken Supreme... But the Supreme Court? Jun. 21, 2023
The six-person majority of far-right "Supremes" who presently dominate America's judicial system see... Read More
Republicans Must Be the Party of Small Business Jun. 20, 2023
A recent Wall Street Journal lead story reported that "Republicans and big business broke up." The a... Read More
The Unreported News About Your 'Newspaper' Jun. 14, 2023
Why would your local newspaper not even mention an important local news story? Perhaps because it's ... Read More
Crime Is Costly, Even When It's Fashionable Jun. 07, 2023
It is time we reverted to the era when crime was bad. Society diluted that ethic, but recent signs o... Read More
If Screenwriters Should Make More Money, Shouldn't Book Writers, Too? May. 31, 2023
Members of the Writers Guild of America, those people who write streaming series like Bridgerton, Te... Read More
Pigs Win a Big One Over Corporate Hoggishness May. 24, 2023
It's an odd marketing strategy for an industry to assail its own consumers. Yet that's what the mon... Read More
The Supreme Court's Indelible Stain May. 05, 2023
Every fresh revelation of an ethical lapse by Clarence Thomas raises the question to which Republica... Read More
Let's Admit It: The Supreme Court is Corrupt. Let's Fix it. May. 03, 2023
When public officials get themselves mired in the muck of corruption, they can always count on Sen. ... Read More
Steve Rattner Explains Your Life's Purpose for You Apr. 26, 2023
Do you find it as charming as I do when some leisure-class corporate chieftain whines that America's... Read More
What If Democrats Decided to Campaign as Real Democrats? Apr. 19, 2023
Way to go, Wisconsin! In a momentous progressive win, voters there elected County Judge Janet Protas... Read More
Big News! Republicans Do Have an Idea: Bring Back Child Labor! Apr. 05, 2023
I have to concede one point: Today's far-right Republican party does not discriminate against women.... Read More
Take a Whiff of Elon Musk's Ecological Paradise Mar. 22, 2023
Exciting news, people: Utopia is on the rise! Space Commander Elon Musk has announced that His Mag... Read More
Get Ready for Roving Bands of Book-Banners Coming to Your Town Mar. 15, 2023
Not so long ago, book burnings were considered a festive group activity by assorted right-wing zealo... Read More
What To Do Now About Fox 'News' Mar. 10, 2023
Ever since Fox News Channel launched in 1996 with a slogan that was an aggressive lie — "Fair ... Read More
