by Bill Scher | Aug 13, 2015 | Uncategorized
Hillary's Hybrid Student Loan Plan Hillary Clinton's student loan draws from Democratic and Republican sources. The Atlantic's Tyler Bishop: "Clinton’s plan includes much of [Sen. Elizabeth] Warren’s refinancing proposal ... [Sen. Lamar Alexander's] plan would have...
by Bill Scher | Aug 12, 2015 | Blog
Lawrence Lessig has launched a "referendum" campaign for President, meaning his candidacy would serve as an up or down vote on a package of election reforms he calls the Citizens Equality Act. Once he got those reforms enacted, he pledges to resign. He argues this is...
by Bill Scher | Aug 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
China Currency Plummets China's currency devalues again. AP: "On Wednesday, the yuan dropped another 1.6 percent ... The People’s Bank of China promised Tuesday to keep the exchange rate 'basically stable,' but Wednesday’s decline prompted suggestions the yuan is...
by Bill Scher | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Republicans have come a long way on climate change. Unfortunately that way is down. Twenty-three years ago, Republican President George H. W. Bush not only acknowledged climate change was real. He signed an international climate change treaty, which the Senate...
by Bill Scher | Aug 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Bernie Rallies LA Bernie packs the Los Angeles Sports Arena. W. Post: "...Sanders’s campaign said that 27,500 people were inside and outside the venue ... 'There is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism,' he told them. Or for a higher minimum...
