Republican Senators Jeff Flake, Bob Corker and John McCain have been receiving many kudos for speaking out against Donald Trump’s worst behaviors, lack of
Category: Consumer issues
Invasion of the stink bug: Icky and economically dangerous
And now, a word about the brown marmorated stink bug. If you haven’t heard of it, count yourself lucky. This autumn the stink bug,
After Equifax data breach, MO’s Ann Wagner votes against CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is, as it states on its Website, “a U.S. government agency that makes sure banks, lenders, and other
Tracking Trump’s regulatory rollbacks: so far, so bad
While Donald Trump distracts us with bellicose pronouncements and internecine White House wars, his henchmen in regulatory agencies are methodically rolling back decades of
Here’s one time when Democrats should take the lead from Trump
A common practice in politics is to define your opponents before they define themselves. Usually this results in gross misrepresentation of where the opposition
Net Neutrality: Round Two
It looks like Trump-appointee Ajit Pai over at the FCC is setting his sights on unraveling regulations that guarantee net neutrality. This radical change
States pick up slack from Trump with populist legislation
Has Donald Trump made good on his campaign’s populist message? If you believe that populism means advocating for the interests of ordinary people over
Scarborough’s misconceptions about liberals in the media
Daily Kos called Joe Scarborough the “resident Republican blowhard on MSNBC.” Daily Kos and many other on the left-leaning outlets have taken Scarborough to
America’s “Brag-osphere” and “Beg-osphere”
The lack of a comprehensive, government-provided safety net in America means that non-profits have to resort to bragging and begging to provide many basic
The sports-stadium blackmail game, and how to stop it
A great tradition of American business is to create demand when consumers are really not asking for anything. Nowhere is this more evident than