Jim Worth

Respect for the judicial black robe is eroding!

Recent decisions by the Supreme Court have brought the integrity of this court under scrutiny.

From Bush v. Gore, to imminent domain, to Citizens United, to body searches, to ethics problems, a greater number of the nation's highest court's rulings...

The Repatriation Bill in Congress falls way short.

Corporations have been crying for big tax breaks to bring their profits from other countries home. They are currently sitting on over two trillion dollars in domestic profits hoarded over the last few years.

Senators', Kay Hagan, of North...

Let's get Big Brother off our backs and out of our bedrooms!

The Republican mantra of smaller government may play well in Peoria but not in places where concerned and observant people gather.

Since I can remember, Republicans have been screaming about shrinking government -- making it small enough to...

Discontent is high on both sides of the political spectrum.

These are the best of times and the worst of times -- a clash between the tea party and occupy, taxes and spending cuts, the haves and have-nots, religiousocity and reality, poverty and gluttony, big government...

Does money in politics subvert our precious democracy?

Would you pay $1.00 per month to get rid of PACs, super PACs and the ungodly amount of money being funneled into federal political campaigns?

It is estimated that more than $6 billion will be spent in the 2012 election. Outrageous! The...

The GOP is running out of presidential candidates.

Santorum won all three caucuses in early February defeating Mitt Romney by double digits in two of the states. With wins in Missouri, Minnesota, and Colorado, Santorum had gained momentum going into Maine.

Maine returned momentum to Romney after he beat Ron...

The Republican candidate believes we're all envious of him.

Romney feels that envy of his financial success, the envy of income inequality, is the driver of the current uprising against wealth -- the driver of 'class warfare.' He also believes that envy is the reason for the anti-Romney...

It's time for a radical new approach!

We've tried trickle-down and it hasn't worked! All that's trickled down is crap.

So as we near, bounce along, or bounce off the bottom in our financial recovery, let's start thinking outside the pox.

Yes, supply side economics has been a pox on...

America has come to an important crossroads.

One party has lost its way and has no clue how to get out of the nightmare it's in or which path will take them out of it.

What's at stake is control of the most powerful nation in the world.

Years of...

The Citizens United decision was an egregious blow to democracy.

Republicans applauded the Supreme Court ruling in January, 2010 seeing an opportunity to spend millions of dollars to destroy the liberal message and Democratic candidates without repercussions and incarceration.

They are now feeling the unintended consequences of the...

The State of Wisconsin is recalling it's acerbic Governor.

Only two Governor's have been recalled in our long history. It looks like the Wisconsin Governor will make history by becoming the third.

More than 1,000,000 signatures -- weighing more than 3,000 pounds -- were gathered by citizens of...

...we didn't have the safety nets established years ago?

As Republicans strive to strip the programs that prevented us from falling into another Great Depression, their arguments are devised to distract us from the truth.

Programs like Social Security and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, put...

Republicans struggle to find a credible presidential candidate.

I began writing this article several weeks ago when charges of sexual harassment threatened the Cain candidacy and his numbers began to slide. Cain's campaign was imploding but I got distracted by other, more serious issues.

And even though it was intended...

This is not the country I grew up in...

...nor is it the country I want my kids and grandkids to grow up in.

This country, America, has become ugly, and it's my generation that has made it this way.

With the incredible amount of corruption and deceit that has...

With a looming deadline, the super committee is under tremendous pressure.

As November 23rd closes in, the 12 members of the super committee (Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) are being approached, attacked, pushed, cajoled, advised, and pressured from all sides.

The difficult task of finding $1.5 trillion in deficit...

Three weeks ago a peaceful Occupy protest was disrupted by the Oakland Police!

On that Tuesday night Oakland and neighboring police departments turned Frank Ogawa Plaza into a war zone.

More than 300 officers from the Oakland Police Department and 18 local departments, in full battle gear, surrounded...

Angry Wisconsinites file to recall ideological governor!

In October paperwork was filed with the Government Accountability Board to gather signatures to recall Governor Scott Walker after just one year in office.

The honeymoon ended abruptly when the newly elected governor began pushing controversial policies that attacked hard-working Wisconsin citizens.

Stop the revolution, I want to get off!

Revolution is nigh and this time it's not the product of the misguided anger of the Tea Party!

This one is 'real.' Not manufactured. A protest the right loves to hate.

Armed with legitimate complaints, too many to count, people -- ignored...

Unemployment is still high -- five people compete for every job!

This country needs jobs badly if we are to come out of this devastating recessionary event.

The 'Great Recession' has been unprecedented, destroying lives and families. It has been especially destructive on hard-working people; the middle class.

The Greek Parliament agreed on new austerity measures to avoid sovereign default.

As the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, and European Banks grapple with a plan to avoid the collapse of Greece, and the potential domino affect on Portugal, Ireland, Spain, and Italy, the social unrest in Greece grows.