Ol’ billionaire Phil Gramm, the economic brain behind John McCain’s presidential bid, thinks that the economy is just damn fine, and if you are feeling pinched then it’s all in your damn head. You know, if you gasp when the pump clicks off to see that it has cost you 50, 60 or 70 dollars to fill up your...

It’s the Fourth of July! Hooray! We’ve won the War on Iraq! Big Oil is moving in to pump more oil our way. Mission Accomplished! Light up those fireworks! So maybe things are not going so well in Afghanistan, with violence up, the Taliban running the country outside of Kabul, and even the neocons afraid...

It’s obvious that Republican candidate John McCain either does not have a good grasp of the facts from moment to moment, or he simply chooses to ignore them. Last week the Republican’s campaign theme was energy, and he was on the road trying to capitalize on Americans’ pain at the pump. (Meanwhile McCain...

It has long been obvious that the U.S. is not fighting Al Queda on Iraqi soil, but the Iraqis themselves, at the cost of as many as a million of their citizens and of course, control of their government and their economy. We are about to see the confiscation of Iraq's national sovereignty by the...

I have refrained from writing about John McCain’s pastor problem. I really resented the way so many people used Rev. Wright as an excuse to unleash their racism and guiltlessly attack Barack Obama for being black – and worse – attack the institution of the black church, which has provided hope and inspiration...

It has always been clear that George Bush has had little interest in the difficult work of his job. Now that the expectations of the American people have been reduced to essentially zero, Bush seems fine with being rid of all that responsibility, and riding out the rest of his term blithely following...

President Bush had to admit today that his policies have driven the U.S. economy straight into the toilet, threatening to take the entire global economy along for the swirly ride. Oh, sorry! This just in - He blamed the Congress. You know, Congress with a one vote Democratic majority in the Senate for...

Senator McCain’s proposal for a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax is not only a terrible idea, but shows the frightening lack of depth of his analysis of the economy. "I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues,"...

A range of factors, including the ongoing waste of everything by you and me, global warming causing droughts, and political instability as a result of centuries of imperialist policies by the “major powers” have resulted in the current run on commodities. Everything from corn to gold is inflating in...

A variety of conditions, but particularly the price of petroleum and the increasing devotion of farmland to biofuel substitutes, are driving up the cost of eating all over the world. I’m not talking about the price of a fish fry and a couple of beers at your favorite local establishment. If you can afford...