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Five Things People "Know"
The things that people "know" are very different from the "reality-based" things those of us reading a blog like this know, and those things seem to always, always serve the corporate right. I have been away on vacation. While away I have been talking to "regular"...
Progressive Breakfast - 8/23/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Both Parties Struggle To Find...
Why Almost Anybody Can Be a CEO
The takeaway from the latest top gun flame-out at Hewlett-Packard: Chief executive 'success,' in America today, essentially demands no more than greed and a developmentally arrested ego. The tall tales we’ve inherited from ages long gone we call myths. The tall...
Conservatives Want To Live On Monopoly Money
Do today's economic conservatives actually want to live in a functional society, or are they striving for an economy that runs on Monopoly Money? NPR's Planet Money recently did a fun segment on the classic board game and its relationship to actual economics,...
What Did a Senior Administration Official Really Say About Social Security?
Progressive bloggers were ready to have a "stroke" after Mike Allen from Politico reported that the Administration wants to take action on Social Security - action that's likely to include cuts. Many were relieved when Tim Fernholz of the American Prospect, who...
The 22 Senators Who Could Solve The Jobs Crisis This December
Yesterday, I flagged the 12 Democratic Senators who, in addition to all 41 Republican Senators, have prevented Congress from using Econ 101 deficit spending to create jobs and spark a robust recovery. I'm sure some of these Senators are sincere and some are cynical....
Progressive Breakfast: Tiny Jobs Bill Wins Big Vote
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Jobs Tax Credit Advances On...
Progressive Breakfast: Bunning Breaks
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Jobless Aid Extension Signed Into...
Progressive Breakfast: BREAKING NEWS -- The CBO Score Is In
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Health Care Bill Cuts Deficit $1.2...
Progressive Breakfast: SocSec/Medicare Cutters Risk Defeat
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Voters: Don't Cut Retirement...
