BY SUSAN ESTRICH The Rev. Al Sharpton says she must have “mystical powers” – or the best luck anyone has ever seen. But if you ask me, there’s nothing mystical about it. As for luck, if Kirsten Gillibrand has proved one thing during her brief tenure in the United States Senate, it is that you […]

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Wall Street banksters – who could possibly love them? OK, presumably their mommas do, and possibly their pet dogs, but that’s it. The general public loathes them and would be delighted to see the whole bunch tarred, feathered and deported to a barren atoll, where their punishment would be living with themselves. […]

BY FROMA HARROP If the new federal program to help homeowners pay their mortgage bugs you, read a Wall Street Journal article titled, “Bank of Mom and Dad Shuts Amid White-Collar Struggle.” It will make you even madder. The piece reports on six-figure earners who had taken out mortgages bigger than half a million dollars, […]

BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN There’s America the Mythical, with the White House Easter Egg Roll scheduled for next Monday, and activities, in the words of the White House press release, designed to “encourage children to lead healthy and active lives and follow the First Lady’s ‘Let’s Move!’ initiative, a national campaign to combat childhood obesity. The […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH If you were charged with a crime, would you rather be rich and guilty or poor and innocent? Every year, when I ask my students that question, rich and guilty wins by a mile. And who am I to say they are wrong? After all, over the years, I’ve had my share […]