Campaign contribution is simply a polished term for bribery

The biggest political scandal is the one that aids and abets others — the pay-to-play system that buys up Congress, pollutes our political system with special-interest cash and deep-sixes the kind of bold reform agenda that we voted for and need. In just the first quarter of 2010, the finance, insurance and real estate sectors […]

Paid Lobbyists use the media to form our opinions for us

A four-month investigation by The Nation has found that since 2007 at least seventy-five registered lobbyists, public relations representatives and corporate officials–people paid by companies and trade groups to manage their public image and promote their financial and political interests–have appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, CNBC and Fox Business Network with no disclosure of […]

Healthcare a Metaphor for U.S. Political Pathology

Americans spend fifty to one hundred percent more than any other country on their healthcare, only to be the only one of them lacking universal coverage, rated 39th best on the planet by the World Health Organization, and only to have life span, infant mortality and disease prevalence statistics for which you’d have to be […]