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Greed Conquers Guilt What has devastated the US and global economy? The simplest explanation is unrestrained personal greed. People everywhere have had no reservations about abusing business practices, ethics, laws and cultural norms because all they cared about was... ( added 4 days 13 hours ago.)

What Physicians Know I had a long conversation with my favorite physician, who has operated on me twice successfully. He is an incredibly kind person without an ounce of greed or pretense. Like other physicians I have spoken to, he spoke eloquently about the terrible... ( added 6 days 8 hours ago.)

Being Judgmental Too many people have bought into the belief that it is wrong or undesirable to be judgmental. It has never made any sense to me to feel this way. As humans we have a responsibility to use our intelligence to think critically about everything and... ( added 12 days 2 hours ago.)

Tax Me More In these absurd economic times there are some wealthy Americans that are working to get the government to collect more income tax from them. This is a mission of the group Wealth for the Common Good. They have a petition that calls on Congress... ( added 19 days 8 hours ago.)

Constitutional Hypocrisy Millions of Americans are politically informed, smart, active and angry. They see many wrongs in our political and government system. They are fed up with politics as usual, meaning corrosive corruption of politicians by corporate and other... ( added 23 days 11 hours ago.)

David Swanson Gets It One of the great American political thinkers and writers is David Swanson. He has written a number of first rate books. His new one is Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union . Swanson becomes one of the most... ( added 29 days 2 hours ago.)

Attention to Political News You may be surprised, as I was, that a recent poll found that more Americans than ever are paying attention to national political news. But this does not necessarily mean that American democracy is in good shape. Here are the key summary... ( added 36 days 3 hours ago.)

Will Obama Have Veto Courage? Odds are pretty good that after some tortuous meetings and awful compromises by House and Senate bigwigs whatever health reform law is passed by Congress will not be close to what most thoughtful people want. Especially not what progressives and... ( added 36 days 10 hours ago.)

Debit Cards for Dummies I must confess that I never understood why it made any sense for consumers to use bank debit cards rather than credit cards. Debit cards, sometimes called bank or check cards, provide a tremendous benefit to banks because when you use them the... ( added 48 days 9 hours ago.)

Corporate Corruption Killing America Anyone smart and strong enough to fight delusional thinking and who pays attention to current events should clearly see that corporate corruption of the US political system is so pervasive and powerful that there will be no genuine reform of both... ( added 54 days 2 hours ago.)

Fear Rules Health Care Reform There are two groups of Americans that tend to oppose the public option so vigorously discussed in the present national debate about health care reform. Each fears something different. Younger Americans with no direct experience with the major... ( added 55 days 23 hours ago.)

Food Safety Is An Oxymoron When we think about what we eat or should or should not eat, most of us focus on things like taste, calories, fat content, carbs, salt, fiber, and whether it offers healthy vitamins. Many people care about specific ingredients in packaged foods... ( added 62 days 2 hours ago.)

How to Prevent Alzheimers: Booze Moderately For those of us older people nothing is scarier than the prospect of debilitating Alzheimer's disease. Something simple, enjoyable and easy to do just might prevent this terrible outcome. According to a new analysis and review of the scientific... ( added 62 days 7 hours ago.)

Depressing Economic Pain The good news is that Americans are saving more money. The bad news is that Americans are spending less money. The even worse news is that increasing numbers of Americans without jobs do not have money to save or spend. Huge amounts of federal... ( added 68 days 2 hours ago.)

How Americans Should Use Their Senators and Representatives It is a national pastime to criticize both Senators and Representatives for being in the pockets of big money and failing to do all that is appropriate and often urgently needed for the good of most Americans. What most Americans do not fully... ( added 71 days 3 hours ago.)

Product Review: Phytosterols Supplements You may not be familiar with phytosterols. But they are a proven and widely available supplement that reduces bad cholesterol levels. Sure, like many other vitamins and supplements they are available in foods, but that does not mean that most... ( added 72 days 7 hours ago.)

Fight Heart Disease With Water One of the most remarkable medical research findings is how consumption of water reduces the risk of heart disease. That's water, plain water. Professor Jacqueline Chan of studied the water consumption habits and health histories of 20,000... ( added 74 days 4 hours ago.)

Progressives Screwed, Democrats Suckered, Republicans Smitten Step back and consider how the Obama administration has been handling what is supposed to be its highest priority: health care reform. People who see themselves as progressives overwhelmingly supported the Obama run for president, sufficiently for... ( added 81 days 1 hour ago.)

9/11 Mind Swell As we approach the eighth anniversary of 9/11 consider this paradox. In the post 9-11 years the scientific evidence for disbelieving the official government story has mounted incredibly. And the number of highly respected and credentialed... ( added 85 days 2 hours ago.)

Millions of Manipulated Americans In Corruption We Trust ought to replace the official In God We Trust slogan used by the government on currency. Threatened by legitimate health care reform the health insurance industry and others making obscene profits from the current... ( added 89 days 11 hours ago.)

Drugged by Drug Companies Nothing is more revealing of the commercial crassness and insanity of American society than the bombardment of consumers by commercials and advertisements for prescription drugs. Few people may remember that for a very long time there were no such... ( added 96 days 7 hours ago.)

To Tip Or Not To Tip Forget your mental burdens about surviving the economic recession and the seemingly endless stories of corrupt and stupid politicians that keep finding ways of wasting your taxes. True existential challenge hits you when have finished a meal at a... ( added 96 days 9 hours ago.)

Nothing Fishy About Fish Oil With all the talk about health care reform and the epidemic of obesity in it is appropriate to emphasize the need for far more intelligence and personal responsibility for preventive health care. A common product that is sold wherever vitamins are... ( added 100 days 7 hours ago.)

Obama Too Black To Fail Here is the dirty secret the rich and powerful running the plutocracy, nor the mainstream news media, will openly acknowledge. The nation's first African American president cannot be allowed to be a disaster. If this were to happen the world... ( added 103 days 12 hours ago.)

Government Gone Mad Perhaps most Americans deserve the federal government they have. A government that, contrary to the lofty rhetoric of Barack Obama, is pure politics as usual. A government that is as corrupted by moneyed interests as ever. A government that is as... ( added 110 days 1 hour ago.)