A simple fact of business: You have to spend money to make money. And those who want to privatize education are willing to spend lots of money and effort to push their agenda. One of the main ways they are doing this is through ALEC.

George W. Bush's attempt to privatize Social Security paved the way for Obama to embrace cuts that, in effect, partially privatize the program.

I'm not saying it's time to break out the champagne and start chanting, "The people united will never be defeated." But the past few weeks have brought us some heartwarming demonstrations that the popular will still has a bite.

Ryan's proposal seems more like sleight of hand than legitimate cost control. It's about weakening Medicare, not strengthening the program for future generations.

As the economy twists downward for most of us -- as the politics of money tightens like a noose around everything we love -- I think about the disintegration of human values, which insane logic and the Republicans tells us we can no longer afford.

Government performs many vital services that are part of everyday life in this country. Take government workers away and someone will have to pick up the slack.

Instead of forcing African Americans to the back of the bus, new legislation threatens to take the bus away altogether for many of Atlanta's working poor.

Thirty years on, the Reagan Revolution has done its job, or nearly so. There's no sustaining integrity left to how our society is organized, no principle that can't be gamed for private benefit.

Some lawmakers and people in big media have promoted the notion that since the U.S. Post Office is losing money, it must be privatized.

As the movie's stars take to the airwaves this week to promote the film, it is unlikely they will discuss the agenda of the film's billionaire backers or the right-wing politicians and for-profit firms who are promoting the parent trigger idea.