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Adults Only
Today's preferred political posture is that of "the adult in the room," the one who's prepared to compromise during negotiations. But there's a little problem with that pose. By definition, it means that you're compromising with children. The adult in the room at a...
Progressive Breakfast - 7/26/2011
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: Speaker Boehner's...
3 Simple Things to Do Today Instead of Saying Eff You Washington
People in the capital were thrilled by Twitter's role in 2009's Iranian uprisings. They probably weren't as excited this weekend when a new "hashtag" (topic) suddenly climbed toward the top of Twitter's trend list. It's not printable here, but the first word began...
A Bipartisan Move Against Democracy
Step back from the day-to-day, hour-to-hour details of the debt-ceiling negotiations for a minute and look at the bigger picture. Look what we're in the middle of. Our legislators are being stampeded by a manufactured "crisis" into profoundly changing the nature of...
Stop Disastrous Debt Deal Save the American Dream
Americans have learned in the past few days that conservative Republicans in Congress are willing to risk default on America's financial obligations, to protect the tax breaks for the rich and force cuts to our retirement security. Republicans would rather break our...
Depraved Indifference
Bill Daley to David Gregory: "People like you and me that have done well in life need to sacrifice a little more." Gosh that would be really generous of them to agree to "sacrifice" a little more. I wonder what that "sacrifice" would feel like to them? From what I...
Why Are Discredited Agencies Like S&P Dictating Our Economic Future
"Who does Standard & Poor's think it is?" asks Matt Miller, the reasonable and congenial host who represents the "center" on NPR's "Left, Right, and Center." Miller's understandably outraged that this discredited organization still has so much power and influence. But...
The Hostage-Taking Just Keeps Coming - This Time The FAA Shuts Down
The latest conservative hostage-taking involves a fight over unions and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) budget. Conservatives refuse to fund the FAA unless the Senate agrees to block airline and railroad unions from being able to organize. Result: the agency...
Plutocracy and the Debt Ceiling Debate
Looking for a lesson in the goings-on in D.C. these days? Here’s one: The more our nation's wealth concentrates, the more our democratic give-and-take becomes all take — by the rich. Once upon a time in America, back a century ago, our nation's rich paid virtually...
Will American Majority Outnumber Gang Of 6
Our deficit and debt came from cutting taxes on the rich and big corporations, increasing military spending and sweetheart deals with big pharma and health insurance companies. Elite “solutions” always involve cutting back what We, the People do for each other while...
