Why don’t we have free trade for highly paid professions in the U.S.?
The potential benefits for the economy would be enormous.
In North Carolina, hope amidst political chaos
Republicans in North Carolina are doing everything they can to take away the rights of minorities.
Where is father’s little helper and why is acid cool?
The path forward relies on our ability to ask the right questions, our ability to tell complicated stories, and on our ability to tolerate pain.
Trump’s Infrastructure Scam
To really make America great again we need more and better infrastructure that’s for the public – not for big developers and investors.
Hard Knocks U
There are more horror stories about private for-profit corporate colleges than ouchies in a bramble patch. Meanwhile a $1.3 trillion mountain of debt is weighing down students at all types of U.S. colleges, endangering our entire economy.
Battered Americans honor-bound to provoke odious Trumpism– exposing the full horror of “Off with...
The Savvy Congress Six deliciously hit a potent bullseye without ever having to specify the perfect target.
France’s 9-11 Moment and a World in Peril
The attack on Charlie Hebdo and France's new-found resolve to wage war on radical Islam puts Europe front and center in the war on terror. Potentially, is this Europe's 9-11?
Re-Defending the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo rages on as the lone state senator, Donna Campbell, is re-defending the Alamo from the invading forces of the United Nations. So what spurred her to rush to the barricades of the Alamo?
Dishing out Poverty Wages on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers are shafting the underpaid workers who prepare their meals. Wages are less than $11 an hour, well below the very expensive cost of living in the Washington area.
In a time of madness, Sally Yates is a profile in courage
The fired acting attorney general proved this week that there are still a few in Washington who believe in truth and the law.






