Why the Republican tax plan is more failed trickle-down economics
Don’t fall for supply-side, trickle-down nonsense. Lower taxes on the rich don’t generate growth and jobs.
Faces of pain, faces of hope
The message of the consumer society, pumped out over flat screen televisions, computers and smartphones, to those trapped at the bottom of society is loud and unrelenting: You are a failure.
The evil that guns do
The firearms lobby suggests that because morality can’t be legislated, the evil of gun violence can only be controlled by... more guns.
10 reasons the US should stick with the Iran nuclear deal
Toying with a serious nuclear agreement to influence Iran in other areas is simply irresponsible and dangerous.
The scandal of Pentagon spending
Your tax dollars support troops of defense contractor CEOs.
More than ‘moron,’ more like plague
Would that Trump were only or simply “a moron.” The problem is worse, but the solution is getting clearer.
Our culture of violence is a result of Americans (so far) not having to...
Here’s something to grouse about.
Puerto Rico needs aid, not an occupation
Yes, Mr. President, Puerto Rico is enduring a "real catastrophe." But the U.S. military has other priorities – and that's what could make matters worse.
Autopilot wars
Sixteen years, but who’s counting?
How our banking system destroys the free market
The foundation of an economy is money. And if the creation, value and availability of that money are controlled by few elites instead of a free market then it doesn’t matter how complex and a giant system we build.