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Some of you might remember "CREEP" from 1972's Nixon-McGovern matchup. It could've been an apt code name for Tricky Dick himself, but instead it referred to the "Committee to RE-Elect the President." And creepy it was.
In battling corporate greed, tenacity matters
By Sometimes, the cost of winning is so great that you really lose.
This little lesson seems to be dawning on several food industry powers. Such huge prossessors and retailers as ConAgra,... [read more]
Silicon Valley's latest speculative bubble
Get ready for the rapture! Not the religious kind, but a financial rapture being promised to us by the holy spirits of Silicon Valley.
Actually, making a financial killing is the... [read more]
The bad seed strikes again
Any remake of the 1950s movie "The Bad Seed," should cast Monsanto in the title role.
This biotech behemoth has a monopolistic grip on the creation and sale of Frankenseeds –... [read more]
The GOP's disdain for low-wage workers
When President Obama called for raising America's wage floor to nine bucks an hour, GOP House leader John Boehner attacked it like a gater on a poodle.
Incredibly, he claimed that... [read more]
Asteroids: New worlds to plunder
With all the woes that we humans have inflicted on our weary, old Earth – from the reckless plundering of her resources to the self-destructive tampering with her climate – perhaps it's time we gave... [read more]
Just say "No-No" to nanos
Have you had your minimum daily requirement of "nanos" today?
Nanomaterials, that is – manufactured or natural substances that are broken down in high-tech facilities to be teensie-tiny, molecule-sized particles. Don't... [read more]
The moral poverty of North Carolina's GOP legislature
As one who's been there, I can tell you that being unemployed is punishment enough, without having a pack of ideologically hidebound legislators snarling, snapping, and ripping at your meager rations.
... [read more]
Beware of wearing Disney's "Magic Bands"
Walt Disney Inc. has announced that its Magic Kingdom will soon be even more magical, thanks to a new technological wonder called MyMagic+.
Only, MyMagic is not a fantasy, there's nothing... [read more]
Do more than the minimum on minimum wage
"In the wealthiest nation on Earth," President Obama declared in his State of the Union speech, "no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty."
Right! Not only does... [read more]
Lateralling the cost of privately-owned sports stadiums to taxpayers
While we sports fans regularly lionize the stars of pro baseball, football, basketball, etcetera, it's time to acknowledge that the team executives and owners also are great sports – and they routinely make dazzling off-the-field... [read more]