by Richard Eskow | Oct 14, 2012 | Blog
If you support strong and effective government, then the unfamiliar glow you felt after last Thursday's debate was the satisfaction of seeing your opinions forcefully defended by a national candidate. There hasn't been much of that going on lately. But a deceptive...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 14, 2012 | Blog
Candidates this fall are taking plenty of pokes at the financial industry's best and brightest. But they could be doing a lot more than poke. They could push to start taxing Wall Street. All those political ads flooding our media are smacking dozens of different...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 13, 2012 | Blog
George Will calls for breaking up the big banks. Too big to fail undermines markets, faith in free enterprise, citing Dallas Fed Reserve President Richard Fisher. Calls on Mitt to join him. Fat chance. Mitt's not a principled conservative nor even a free market guy....
by Richard Eskow | Oct 13, 2012 | Blog
History will judge us, at least in part, by our willingness to defend our moral principles against the corrupting influence of the Wall Street capos. So far their campaign cash and lucrative revolving-door jobs have kept them above the law, while their PR firms and...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 12, 2012 | Blog
Man, that felt good. And it was fun, too. Vice President Joe Biden certainly looked like he was having a good time. In fact, Republicans' biggest complain seems to be that Biden was having too much fun. He laughed too much. That Republicans can't find much to attack...
