by Bill Scher | Sep 24, 2012 | Blog
With Mitt Romney once again caught trying to defend his low tax rate, the booing of Paul Ryan at the AARP convention has become a bit overlooked. But it raises a two big questions: 1. Who thought it was a good idea to send Paul Ryan to the AARP convention? 2. Who...
by Bill Scher | Sep 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: The Self-Made Myth...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 23, 2012 | Blog
In real life, working hard only takes you so far. Those who go all the way — to grand fortune — typically get a substantial head start. So documents an entertaining, baseball-themed new analysis of the Forbes 400. Let’s cut Mitt Romney some slack. Not every...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 21, 2012 | Blog
Yesterday, I posted a compilation of the responses of 47-Percenters to the now infamous Romney fundraiser video, in which Mitt Romney basically writes off as lazy moochers the 47 percent of Ameiricans who don't earn enough to owe federal income taxes. Both the Romney...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 21, 2012 | Blog, Economy
In a 1994 science-fiction novel called Interface, a Presidential candidate has an electronic chip in his brain that links his mind to real-time polling data. His words, deeds, even his thoughts are immediately responsive to the public mood. Mitt Romney seems a lot...
