by Terrance Heath | Dec 11, 2015 | Current Issues, This Is The GOP
Animals have a sense about people. They just know when someone is trouble. So it really wasn’t a surprise when an American bald eagle attacked Donald Trump. Is there a more powerful and well known symbol of America than the bald eagle? Maybe a couple, but not many....
by Terrance Heath | Dec 11, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Faced with outrage against police violence, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel must decide whether he will turn crisis into an opportunity for accountability and healing for his city. Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel is famous for “Rahm’s Rule” of political crises management: “You...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
House Speaker Paul Ryan condemned Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslim immigration to the U.S. by saying, “this is not who we are as a party or a country.” Ryan is mistaken: Trump represents exactly what the GOP is, and what progressives must not let America become....
by Terrance Heath | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Mass shootings in Colorado and California this week, brought out the worst in wingnuts this week, and reminded us that our biggest terrorist threats still come from right here at home. Colorado When Robert Dear opened fire in a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic the...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 3, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen is scheduled today to go before Congress' Joint Economic Committee, where she is expected to declare that the recovery from the Great Recession is nearly complete, and that it is time to raise interest rates again. But progressives...