Fred Upton (R-MI) and Aubrey McClendon are attempting to commandeer the natural gas market. Aubrey is the CEO of the largest shale oil interest in the world, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy; Fred is the Chairman of the House Committee on Energy a... »
Buck & ChuckIowa Senator Chuck Grassley hasn't exactly been some flaming prairie populist. The Wall Street/K Street axis knows he can always be counted on to do exactly what they tell him to do. Always. So it was a little odd today for him to lash out ... »
God is great! Bill Moyers is back on PBS. The above clip features an interview with Byron Dorgan, the North Dakota populist who warned most strenuously about the sleazy corporatists-- of both parties-- repealing Glass-Steagall. That repeal is, undoubte... »
Yesterday I read that the bottom has been falling out of Mitt Romney's popularity among white males-- his main audience. I think some see him as a wimp who can't stand up to Gingrich, while others see him as some kind of an alien being with lots of ill... »
The one percentWho would have ever guessed Obama could find a chief of staff as worthless and sleazy as Rahm Emanuel? But a year ago he came through with Chicago crook William Daley. Daley could claim most of Emanuel's sleaze if few of his "charms." He... »
Darcy with Jim McDermott -- what a winningteam for the Seattle area that will be!This week we took long drives through the Yucatán to Uxmal and Chichen Itza to see what we could make of the Mayan civilizations that built sacred cities in the jungle in ... »
Econ 4 is the OccupyWallStreet of the economics profession. In fact, I first became aware of the group when I saw their statement of support for OccupyWallStreet and watched the video statement they several of the economists made about it. Both are her... »
