John McCain was asked recently in an interview whether he would offer Hillary Clinton a cabinet position in his administration. He replied with something diplomatic about how she wants to remain in the Senate where she will be an influential legislator together with whom the president will need to work. ...

We depend upon so much. Events like this demonstrate that. In shaping politics, we need to keep in mind that for all the fun and games we play here, there is a practical consequence for who we elect.Right now, my home, still mostly intact, lacks power. We ...

Obama: “What we’ve seen the last few days is nothing less than the final verdict on an economic philosophy that has completely failed.” McCain yesterday morning:"The Fundamentals of the Economy are Strong" oops! McCain later yesterday:"We are in a total crisis." And the Republicans, including John McCain, want to privatize Social ...

Mea maxima culpa!!! I have written several articles critical of this gorgeous Hollywood model. I am so sorry. I have suggested that she is not qualified to be President. I have suggested both; that she has no experience, and has bad judgment. I ...

What is best for our nation? What is best for our society? What is best for our planet? In a complex world, there is no one simple answer to such questions. World views can help us shape how we approach solving the world's problems, but those views ...

Our economic whirlwind is filled with such irony that the fun of sorting it out almost outweighs the pain it’s causing. Irony #1: For years, champions of unbridled capitalism allowed banks, insurers and others to merge, resulting in financial institutions that have now become “too big to fail” – ...

There is nothing as depressing as to be right about calamity foreseen and have such warnings go unheeded. To see what is coming, take advantage, and walk away, allows one to feel intelligent, profit from the knowledge, and avoid looking back at the suffering of others who didn't see what ...

I confess. I believe there is a ruling class that sustains the two-party plutocracy running the nation for the benefit of the rich and corporate class. Their broad strategy is deception and delusion. Tactically, they use government, the mainstream media, the financial services sector, funding of politicians ...

The growing number of government loan guarantees and bailouts of failed corporations and financial institutions is nothing short of a conspiracy between elected politicians and wealthy special interest power brokers to steal tax payer's dollars without representation. More than 230 years ago, Americans engaged in a Revolutionary War for this ...

I just read a headline stating that Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, claimed that Sarah Palin does not have enough experience to run a large company like Hewlett Packard. While I don’t know what it takes to run a company like that, I have to agree. Though ...