The Second Amendment is the excuse used to keep us from reining in the massive profits enjoyed by gun and weapon manufacturers and to keep our eyes off the ball, which is that the manufacture of these products has only one purpose: to make money.

Nothing could enhance American democracy more than if Occupy Wall Street helped enact the 28th Constitutional Amendment to end the pretense that corporations are people who speak with money. The 99% can stop the privatization of government.

The best way to get a handle on where Rick Perry's real political heart lies is to look at his list of $100,000-plus donors, where we can follow the footprints of crony capitalism, also known as corporatism.

We may say that functions are moved to the "private sector," but they are almost invariably taken over by corporations. It is not truly a "private sector" to which they are moved, but the corporate sector.

It is a shame to have to ask whether democracy is a mirage in the United States, but the reality of the disconnect between government and the people has become so stark it is impossible to ignore.

My advice to progressive wealthy men and women of means is take your checkbook and your pen and listen to what Republicans say they believe, and promise they will do, in the one-party state they are spending vast sums of money to create.

It's difficult to look beyond the tumult of current events and ask: "what happened this year that will be remembered ten, twenty, or fifty years from now?" However, there was one 2010 event that looms above the others: the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court Decision. That decision signifies a new phase of American history -- the Corporatist period where multinational corporations have unbridled political influence to systematically and profoundly weaken our democracy.

Transcript of my comments to the annual Progressive Festival in Petaluma, CA, September 26, 2010: First of all, thank you to the organizers of this e...

The polling business is far more of an art than a science, and is easily manipulated. Even so, a poll recently released by Third Way -- seemingly designed to try and talk Democrats out of using populist rhetoric -- is nothing short of malpractice.

Being against corporate control of our democracy shouldn't be a liberal position. It should be a universal position. It's not that multi-national corporations are evil, it's just that they're amoral.

The industry is infuriated that government is "interfering' in their profit-making enterprise. Their oil is under our water and they want it now.

We had a very frank conversation with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz on The Young Turks. We talked about whether it makes sense to reach out to Republi...

The political and social development of the American South were radically changed by the Haitian Slave Rebellion -- the only successful slave rebellion in history, and one inspired by the American Revolution.

After all the promises for change, it remains illegal for us to buy into Medicare because this would interfere with the stream of money flowing from all of us to a few already-wealthy executives and owners.

If the government provides good, low-cost health care to citizens it reduces the profits of the big insurance and drug companies. This health care ba...

Obama's closing of the rescue plan loophole is a good step, but it's only one step.

AT&T makes a triumphant return in this second installment of the presidential debates. While Wachovia is out of the mix tonight, the financial industry will be well-represented tonight by three banks.

We need to be aware that we live in a country where the only individuals who are allowed to be viable candidates for president are those who fit into the picture that corporate interests.