Author: Gary Bentley

    Virtually every serious critic of the Democratic Party usually concludes that that Party suffers from a severe lack of cohesiveness and unity.  They usually use the description of trying to herd a huge number of addle brained cats up a muddy hill. On the other hand, the GOP has usually been characterized as a disciplined, unified, well-coordinated political party always structured even as they, for 40 years, have tried to lead America to the edge of an ugly abyss.  We have to admit that in the past, it is their discipline and vision that has allowed them...

The battle over fair wages in America has been heating up, and Congress may soon take up the issue of increasing the minimum wage.  But before they do, we have to get past all of the spin from conservative media outlets about minimum wage earners. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio discusses this with author and syndicated columnist David...

The following interview originally aired on the August 4th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. The city of Detroit has been driven into bankruptcy because of corrupt, anti-consumer, anti-worker Republican policies.  And this wasn’t an accident – it was part of the Republican plan to kill the Motor City. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio talks about that plan with investigative journalist Rick...

  There are plenty of experiments that have been done that show that when you cage rats in an area with limited space, and limited food, those rats will become ruthless to the point that they destroy and even cannibalize each other in the end.  It’s called the principle of competitive exclusion. It’s what we can expect to see happening now that the Oxycontin windbag is not so sure about what the future holds for him and his gold Limbaugh microphone.  Chances are, even if Cumulus does allow that $20 million dollar a year waste of money which they...

The following interview originally aired on the August 4th, 2013 episode of Ring of Fire on Free Speech TV. Corporate America has set their sights on America’s higher education system, and they are trying to use colleges as cheap sources of both labor and capital.  They’re also destroying the curriculum and critical thinking. Ring of Fire host Mike Papantonio speaks with progressive radio host Richard Fowler about why this is...