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Challenging The Real Greedy Geezer

I have always loathed Alan Simpson going all the way back to the 80s. His pro-choice and LGBT rights record always gave him cover as a "moderate" and everyone enjoys his colorful language. But he's a hardcore fiscal conservative who thinks that everyone can make it in...

Jobs It Is (Long Past) Time For Government To Act

Combine a too-optimistic administration with a Republican Party that is sabotaging the economy as a campaign strategy and what do you get? You get today's terrible jobs report. First, though, remember that the economy lost 818,000 jobs in the last month of the Bush...

Progressive Breakfast

MORNING MESSAGE: Chief Justice Roberts' Choice The New Republic's Jeffrey Rosen: …I’ve been giving him the benefit of the doubt for the past six years. But Roberts has already presided over a Court that has struck down campaign finance reform and affirmative...

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