BY JIM HIGHTOWER The word “help” is so uplifting, conveying our best humanitarian values. How odd, then, to see it used in this New York Times headline: “Banks’ Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills.” I’ll bet they did! We all know how altruistic, beneficent and kindhearted Wall Street lobbyists are – when it comes to […]

BY SHARON MARTIN Universal healthcare? Socialist. Labor unions? Blood suckers that destroy the economy. Raising the minimum wage? Kills jobs. If you believe these things, you probably call...

BY VERN TURNER Why won’t people be straight with one another? What sort of gotcha game are we running? Debating our national situation has become...

BY DON NELSON Mom, when she would hear me retort, “Everybody does it,” would not hesitate to ask, “If every body decided to jump off...

At a time when it often seems impossible to bridge the nation’s ideological divide, the political left and right are joining forces for a...