Opinion
Polis responds to his critics on trade authority
While Congress prepares to finalize action one way or the other on President Obama’s authority to negotiate trade agreements with other countries, there continues to be no shortage of “facts,” figures, and talking points. Unfortunately, much of this information is ...
Supreme Court gives McCain-Feingold a thumpin’
The Wall Street Journal’s story about last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the ban on corporate and union campaign spending in federal elections contained a detail that the New York Times story managed to overlook...
Does Obama even know what’s in his TPP deal?
Last spring, President Obama got downright crabby about people criticizing the gleaming Trans- Pacific Partnership (TPP) he’s trying to sell to Congress and the public...
Corporate Johns and turning legislative tricks
Prostitutes are amateurs compared to Texas state Sen. Kel Seliger, whose going rate is $20,000 a pop. At least that’s what he was paid last year by Waste Control Specialists...
Revolution comes to the Midwest
The protests that have been sweeping the Middle East for the past month spread to the Middle West last week...
PR soap can’t scrub off banker greed
Greenwashing” is the use of shameless PR campaigns by notorious polluters to portray their corporations as benign Bambi-loving protectors of nature. But now comes “Greedwashing...
A fracking conflict of interest
ExxonMobil, Halliburton and other giants of the hydraulic fracturing industry not only are fracking deep gas wells all over our country, they’re also trying to frack our heads...
Letters | Vote Guide feedback
(Re: “Vote 2012,” cover story, Oct. 4.) You have finally made yourself useful by publishing your Vote Guide 2012. Now I know to vote the exact opposite way on every issue and candidate you socialists have endorsed...
The war on cold medicine isn’t working
Much of the success of American law enforcement can be traced to this important reality: Criminals tend to be stupid. In other words, they catch themselves...







