While Donald Trump distracts us with bellicose pronouncements and internecine White House wars, his henchmen in regulatory agencies are methodically rolling back decades of
Category: Consumer issues
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
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