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
Category: Consumer issues
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
St. Louis’ absurd political football scenario, and how to solve it, absurdly
It seems that everyone I know in St. Louis is opposed to a new football stadium that just might keep the Rams in St.
After TPP, Obama may have a tough time convincing some on Iran deal
Like the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, the nuclear deal between Iran and five other countries including the United States is complicated, and the devil is
Bernie Sanders: Plain-speaking on the death of the middle class
Bernie Sanders–now a declared candidate for President–is not new to the business of truth-telling. The following article, originally published here in 2013, chronicles one
Hey, toy makers: Where are the non-princess girls?
Most people are aware of the problems associated with the color pink.If you walk down the aisles at Toys “R” Us you will find
Trying to look sympathetically at Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the 19th Century, the Victorian historian Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase “dismal science” for the field of economics. With the help of new