by Jeff Bryant | Sep 25, 2013 | Education
One of the most popular shows on TV currently centers on a high school chemistry teacher whose cancer diagnosis and lack of adequate health insurance vault him into a life of crime in the drug trade. The series takes to an extreme the personal human drama of the main...
by Thom Hartmann | Sep 25, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Health, This Is The GOP
On Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz took the floor of the Senate to launch an all-night fake filibuster. His 21-hour marathon speech was arranged in advance, and there was no way it would stop the Senate from voting on a continuing resolution to fund the government. ...
by Digby | Sep 25, 2013 | Economy, Retirement Security, The Jobs Challenge
There's a lot of resentment toward baby boomers among young people out there and often for a very good reason. We are an insufferably self-centered lot. (And the generation that famously used "never trust anyone over 30" as its credo is in no position to complain.) In...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 25, 2013 | Economy, Too Big To Jail
Someone should tell AIG CEO Robert Benmosche that unless he's hanging from the end of a rope, he's not being lynched. Americans are at the end of their ropes, because the wealthy got bailed out while the rest of us got left out. Benmosche recently told the Wall Street...
by Bill Scher | Sep 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
Senate Dems Set To Keep Sequester ... For Now Reid unites Senate Dems around maintaining sequester in stopgap bill. The Hill: "Reid’s ability to forge a consensus within his caucus — despite the grumbling of liberals — stood in contrast to the Senate GOP conference,...