by Brian Dockstader | Aug 25, 2009 | Blog
Actual cover of "Your Life, Your Choices" offered by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Did you hear the latest ridiculous lie the right-wing is promoting against health insurance reform? You see, there is a book, an evil book, and if you read it, you get a phone call, and...
by Bill Scher | Aug 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Bernanke Re-Appointed to Head Fed Baseline Scenario's Simon Johnson asks "Which Bernanke Are We Getting?" "1. The Bernanke who led the charge to rescue the US...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 24, 2009 | Blog
As the parent of a small child — who is apparently entering the "terrible twos" a few months early — I tend to put things in that context sometimes. What we're seeing from the health care town halls, what we've seen from the "birthers" and what we saw during...
by Bill Scher | Aug 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Senate Rules Not An Obstacle To Simple Majority Vote on Health Care Who needs conservatives to pass public option? NYT: "Senate Democrats said Sunday that they...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 23, 2009 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Across the pond, in the UK, the idea of capping income is suddenly starting to make a respectable splash. The Great Depression gave us the minimum wage. Might we now see a “maximum wage,” thanks to the Great Recession? That prospect now seems to have...
