Monthly Archive: November 2016
Koch Brothers Even Win In Madoff's Ponzi Scheme
How many honest people were bankrupted in Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. I knew a few of them and they lost everything...
Court Strikes Down Overtime Rule
On December 1, the Labor Department’s new overtime rules were supposed to kick in. The new rules moved the salary limit...
A Not So Happy Thanksgiving…
As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday and weekend, I’m expecting to see some seriously bad appointments being made by the...
A New JFK Assassination Theory
In my younger days, I always ate up those books on conspiracy theories and I guess I still enjoy them now...
Another Day In Trump World
Here is today’s probably incomplete wrapup of Donald Trump’s continued destruction of our democracy. The Washington Post reports that filings from...
Race, Democracy, And The Power Of Rural States
Yesterday, the NY Times ran an article entitled, “As American as Apple Pie? The Rural Vote’s Disproportionate Slice of Power“. The...
Identity Politics And The Working Class
Maybe I’m just naïve or just missing it entirely, but I just don’t get this enormous push for Democrats to choose...
France Will Fall To Right Wing Populists And Germany May Not Be Far Behind
Way back in May, even before the vote on Brexit, I posted that this seemed like a year where revolutionary change...
Democrats Must Learn How To Be A True Opposition Party – And Quick
It really has not been an auspicious start for the Democrats since the election. Somehow, they must learn to become a...