BY DAVID PERRYMAN With the speed and dexterity of a street hustler, tax revenue and state assets are shifted from one account to another. Following...

BY RICHARD L. FRICKER Former Pennsylvania senator and failed Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum traveled to Tulsa today to endorse Mayor Dewey Bartlett’s re-election. Bartlett, a...

BY FROMA HARROP Ever notice how some government programs draw the ire of almost everyone? Conservatives, liberals, environmentalists, libertarians, business, labor, consumers and grouchy taxpayers are all opposed. Yet these programs go on as though directed by an unstoppable particle beam from a neighboring galaxy. The public rarely sees who in Washington keeps the outrage […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER As Lily Tomlin has noted, “No matter how cynical you get, it’s almost impossible to keep up.” For example, imagine if a prestigious group announced that this year’s “World Environmental Prize” is being awarded to BP, for its unique contribution to the ecology of the Gulf of Mexico. No way, you say? […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH I got a call the other morning as I was racing to work from a woman who claimed to work for the “third-party administrator” of one of my health insurers. Yes, I’m one of the incredibly lucky people who actually have two health insurance plans, one for each of my full-time jobs. […]