Here is a simple question: If slavery is a 100% tax on one’s labor, what do you call a 70% tax? Such is the level of taxation envisioned by a young, idealistic freshman Congresswoman, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. How does this Congresswoman and her fellow travelers arrive at this number?  How does Sen. Elizabeth …

Since the publication of my book Survival of the Richest in July 2017, the bleak numbers I documented in terms of disparity of wealth have only grown worse. A recent paper from the Economic Policy Institute found that the top 1 percent of American families made an astounding 26.3 times …

There I sat at the end of a long night. It was just my husband and me sitting at a bar in downtown Tulsa. The bartender looked at me sadly and offered a shot. I’m not a shot person, but what the hell? This was a unique situation, and I …

https://youtu.be/d3kUdkzzfgg We read and explain SB 700, the California bill (now law) that gets California out of fossil fuels used for generating electrical power by January 1 of next year, and reimburses consumers for putting solar grids on their roofs and windmills in their backyards to connect back to the …