Tommy Mack

First Published: Jan 01, 2009Last Published: Feb 07, 2012
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I am a professional journalist and business consultant. In addition to writing for AOL’s Patch.com, I am an editor at Blogcritics where I write about business, culture and politics. My work appears in two blogs, Organized Business and The Premise Loft, as well as my company website, tmackorg.com. I own and direct Tommy Mack Organization; a CA certified consulting practice in the San Francisco Bay area. Follow me on Facebook and @tmackorg on Twitter.

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  • 72 The Not-So Great Society

    LBJ told Congress, “Very often a lack of jobs and money is not the cause of poverty, but the symptom."

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Feb 07, 2012

  • 71 Asking Not

    The Republican elites who opposed Democratic Presidents Roosevelt, Kennedy and Johnson decried them as socialists too.

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Jan 30, 2012

  • 70 Gridlock Eric Cantor

    In GQ Magazine’s “The 50 Most Powerful People in Washington*,” Eric Cantor tops the list.["*People with the last names Obama and Biden not included."]

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Jan 20, 2012

  • No image found 69 A Laissez Faire-y Tale

    The laissez faire ‘90s seemed to confirm Greenspan’s hands-off approach to regulation. But as a result, the financial world suffered a fiscal heart attack in 1998.

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Jan 15, 2012

  • 68 Tea Party: A Koch Industry

    Koch Party House members rebelled and the Speakers’ tune changed to another piece of brinkmanship, for which the 112th Congress has become renowned.

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Dec 30, 2011

  • 67 Pipeline: What National Interest?

    The Republican argument is that the pipeline project would produce jobs and money, maybe.

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Dec 17, 2011

  • No image found 66 So Much Wishful Thinking

    The Gingrich candidacy has shed light on other things about the post-Bush Republican Party.

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Dec 11, 2011

  • 65 Obama's Rope-a-Dope

    What are Republicans in Congress thinking? They do not understand that the president has suckered them into the president’s game.

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Dec 08, 2011

  • 64 Gingrich: The Honest Liar

    At least Newt is an honest liar. He admits it. But lying is still dishonest.

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Dec 03, 2011

  • 63 Buying Bad Ideas

    I acknowledge a grudging gratitude to Sarah Palin. But I underestimated the “moose-hunting rube,” as Charles Krauthammer referred to her.

    Opinion in Politics — by Tommy Mack — on Nov 28, 2011

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