To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable
Corporate America Speaking Out
BY JIM HIGHTOWER Congressional Republicans have spent the first two years of the Obama Administration as the rock-solid party of “no,” “uh-uh,” “no way,” “forget about it,” “nothing doing,” “we’re-against-it-and-we’ll-kill-it.” This is one reason their job approval rating is lower than that of BP executives. But now, GOP leaders in the House say they are […]
America Enters A New Time
BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN I went to get my hair cut the other day in the town of Fortuna and waited 10 minutes when the elderly barber finished buzz-cutting a young Mexican-American. After the young man had exited under his thin skullcap of black stubble, Don the barber sighed and said, “That’s the third boy I’ve […]
Watch Out For Haley Barbour
BY SUSAN ESTRICH The Drudge Report headline declaring that “Murdoch Gives $1 Million to Haley Barbour” is not technically accurate. In fact, News Corporation [full disclosure: I’m a contributor to Fox News] gave $1 million to the Republican Governors Association, of which Barbour is the chair. But the headline caught my attention because if there’s […]
The Real JetBlue Heroes
BY FROMA HARROP The JetBlue flight attendant who theatrically quit his job by cursing out a “rude” passenger and exiting via an emergency slide has become a working-class hero to many. But Steven Slater’s story didn’t hold up for long. It now appears that the gash allegedly caused by someone slamming an overhead bin into […]
Birth Days, Death Days
BY SUSAN ESTRICH My friend Kath would have turned 60 this week. I only know that because when she was in the hospital last spring, they kept asking for her date of birth before administering medicine, and the answer was 8-12-50. The 8-12 I knew. But to see her, she didn’t even look 50, much […]
