On April 7, 2012, Mike Wallace of CBS News and 60 Minutes passed away. It’s hard to imagine any other journalist/entertainer who received a
Category: Consumer issues
Three years later: Obama’s 2009 Credit CARD Act is working
In the war between corporations who abhor regulations of any kind and consumers who regularly get screwed by unregulated corporations, a heartening victory has
New coal gasification plant is a bad deal for Illinois
The coal gasification plant that Tenasaka Energy wants to build in Taylorville Illinois is the kind of bargain that does not seem to have
Is college really worth it?
For over forty years, I have been an educator. It may sound odd, but I think that the United States should give serious consideration
Denying global warming: How low can you go?
When Unabomber Theodore J. Kaczynski becomes your poster child, you’ve reached a new low. And that’s exactly what happened recently in Chicago, when the
Your casino, your loan shark
Ever since casinos became legal in Missouri in 1992, we’ve seen one broken promise after another, and now the gambling-industrial complex is doing it
Avaaz: Global, progressive activism in your inbox
Do you suffer from progressive-cause fatigue? Does daybreak reveal an inbox bursting with entreaties from progressive politicians and causes pitching the cause-du-jour and pleading
Auto sales show the market working – with government help
In the April 1 (no fooling) episode of Mad Men, Governor Romney is called a clown. We’re talking about Michigan Governor George Romney, father
The costly, inconvenient financial lives of “unbanked” Americans
What would your life be like if you didn’t have a bank account? Ask a member of one of the 9 million American households
Ultra-local food: the proximity principle
I’m going to admit it. I’m privileged. And it has nothing to do with what’s sitting in my bank account. The privilege I’m referring