The game is afoot.  A high stakes game.  A game in the neighborhood of 1,000 billion dollars.  Government dollars.  Taxpayer dollars.  The bail out of Wall Street - or call it a rescue package - is the new game in town.  And Corporate Accountants are scurrying around looking for the best possible outcome for their [...]

Governor Sarah Palin has resurrected an old term - Joe Six Pack.  Her notion is that she represents that demographic - folksy, hard working, beer drinking, regular American people.  Her position is not so much that she can represent Joe - it is more that she is Joe.  This is troubling.
The Founding Fathers wrote the [...]

The phenomenon of the American Media is in full swing. The mass of opportunity is driven by the gravitational pull of pollsters. With the inertia growing, it seems improbable that we will see any shift to professional journalism in the near future. The throttle is open for the pendulum to swing far right.
The value of [...]

Son,
Shocked, but not surprised.  That is often the reaction of intelligent people when bad things happen.  A very bad thing is happening on our planet.  Poverty and hunger have become so devastating that the statisticians now refer to a segment of the human population as ‘the bottom billion.’
We are talking about people who live on [...]

Son,
You will note that I really like Bill Moyers.  I have addresed the issue of Corporate Media.  I find the pundits seeking Nielson Ratings to meet the needs of their Corporate owners - thus failing the American public.  The idea of the 1st Amendment is central to a free society.
Corporate Media ownership removes accountability from [...]

Son.
The time has come for change in America. The genie is out of the bottle. The magic is in the air. Fresh breezes are blowing. Spring will see new life. How many ways can this be said.
Barack Obama has sent a message to the White House.
Barack Obama has sent a message to Party Politics.
Barack Obama [...]