LarsonsWorld -- just another persons /dev/null

So, let's talk about pro and con. They are opposites. Pro is for and con is against.
Thus, what is the opposite of progress?
Congress!

The U.S. Supreme Court's disastrous Citizens United v. FEC ruling has allowed corporate CEOs to unleash a torrent of secret corporate spending into our political system.

Indefensibly, CEOs are able to keep both the public and their own shareholders in the dark about the use of company funds for political ends.

This give CEOs free rein to make political expenditures that they would never be able to justify publicly -- including campaigns so toxic they would inevitably tarnish the company's brand were the funding source made public.

And the results have been absolutely corrosive to our democracy.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which is a federal agency, can require publicly traded companies to disclose the money they spend on politics. And they are accepting public comments on the merits of doing so.

So I just submitted a public comment telling the SEC not to let corporations hide their political spending. I hope you do, too.

Please join me by submitting your own comment.

Tom Toles -- 04 May 2012

Joe Heller -- Date Unknown

Hell, they should just do it to Congress no matter what!

A Christmas Gift for the Pentagon -- Slate

Remember how it turned retired generals into media shills? Lax oversight means it could happen again.

This is a time of good cheer at the Pentagon—its watchdog, the inspector general, has just ruled that its Bush-era campaign to manipulate the media was entirely acceptable under Defense Department regulations. The report, dated Nov. 11, was held back until Christmas Eve, when it was released at the happiest time of the year. But we should not allow it to slip into oblivion.

Read on ...

Jim Morin -- 15 December 2011

Ken Catalino - 04 December 2011

Lisa Benson - 16 November 2011

GOP: No tax hikes -- except for the poor -- Salon

How does the Republican Party continue to win elections? The Associated Press is reporting that GOP legislators are opposing the extension of a payroll tax cut that will expire on Jan. 1. The clear, unavoidable message: Americans workers should pay more taxes, while the rich should pay less.

Read on ...

Jerry Holbert -- 02 August 2011