by Terrance Heath | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy
It looks like attacking Mitt Romney's Bain resume has become the bane of Newt Gingrich's campaign. In his latest flip-flop, Newt wants a do-over on his 28-minute Romney attack ad. Newt Gingrich has called on a pro-Gingrich super PAC to edit a 28-minute film attacking...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Here it comes again. This holiday weekend we'll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. But we'll hear very little about what he really was - a brave and visionary leader whose vision is as relevant today as ever. One year ago I listed ten quotes by Dr....
by | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
As I've noted numerous times, conservatives are very confused these days. Of course, many liberals are confused as well. (I won't even talk about the libertarians.) Seems to be the zeitgeist. Perhaps tough times and elite failure always have this effect. And who...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. laid down this marker during his "I Have A Dream" speech in 1963: In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of...