The cat apparently has Rush Limbaugh’s tongue. In a deafening roar of silence we hear none of his bloated blather about the “Obama recession” after the market rose nearly 800 points in two days in a vote of confidence for the president-elect. The economic team of seasoned experts that Obama has put in place has...
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As public resources grow ever scarcer in a declining economy, the time has come to reevaluate the established and often unquestioned relationship between church, state and property taxes. That the subject is considered taboo only serves to illustrate the urgent need to penetrate unexamined assumptions based on a faulty reading...
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Unlike most policy decisions, those leading to extinction are irreversible. That biological fact makes Bush’s lame duck actions to undermine the Endangered Species Act all the more reprehensible.

Bush must publish his new rules to undermine current legislation by Friday, November 21 in order to ensure they take effect...
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Somewhere between the best and brightest sought by John F. Kennedy and the buffoonery of George W. Bush, the American electorate developed a taste for mediocrity. Rather than seek the candidate most qualified for office, voters preferred a leader with whom they could share a beer.

To elect a president we eschewed brains...
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With a house in disrepair or a car coughing toward the next tune up, maintenance deferred saves money in the present, but at a price of higher future costs. Items needing attention can only be deferred, not ignored. Since nature offers no free lunch, we either pay less now or more later. Unfortunately the world collectively has...
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The first whale of which I speak is Rush Limbaugh, swimming in his cesspool of right-wing hate. Drugs have finally taken the life of Rush’s last firing neuron. He is now officially brain dead. On November 6, Rush actually said that “this is an Obama recession.” He went on to rant that since Obama was elected,...
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A Detroit bailout now seems like a political inevitability. If true, we have planted one foot precariously on the slippery slope of government rescue for failing industries beyond the financial sector, with no end in sight. We continue to ride the free market up and socialize losses on the way down. Failure of major automobile...
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Beyond the obvious need for a mighty military, nothing is more important to protecting our long-term national security interests than a healthy environment and abundant clean energy. Dependence on foreign oil from hostile regions is a constant reminder of our vulnerability in the energy sector. We pay to protect our access to...
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Hello, my name is Jeff Schweitzer, and I am a Fake American. I have been Fake now for 22 months. I just take one day at a time. I am doing the best I can. I think often about Real America, but realize I can never go back. I know that if I blindly wave the flag again I will not be able to stop. I understand that if I again question...
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Much has been made of John McCain’s gracious concession speech. Rightfully so, his presentation is seen as statesmanlike, putting patriotism over partisanship. Like others, I applaud him for his service and his grace in defeat. If we had seen more of that John McCain in the past 22 months, the tone and tenor of the election...
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