by Bill Scher | Apr 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Bernie Announces Sen. Bernie Sanders tells the Associated Press he's running for president in the Democratic primary: "People should not underestimate me. I've run outside of the two-party system, defeating Democrats and Republicans, taking on big-money candidates...
by Bill Scher | Apr 30, 2015 | Blog, Climate
Pope Francis is preparing to deliver a major "encyclical," or address to clergy, that declares preventing a climate crisis to be a moral imperative. This will be a landmark moment: the marriage of faith and science by one of the world's most influential religious...
by Bill Scher | Apr 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
Bernie Is In Sen. Bernie Sanders to announce Democratic primary challenge tomorrow. Vermont Public Radio: "Sanders will release a short statement on that day and then hold a major campaign kickoff in Vermont in several weeks ... Sanders' basic message will be that the...
by Bill Scher | Apr 28, 2015 | Blog
When 47 Republican Senators wrote an open letter to the Iranian government designed to undercut President Obama's negotiating strategy, they not only were excoriated at home for mischievous meddling in foreign policy, they also were humiliated when the gambit didn't...
by Bill Scher | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Would Republicans Bail On Fast Track? Republicans feeling pressure to reject fast track. The Hill: "Republican leaders are facing dissent within their own caucus because of currency manipulation and immigration concerns. 'The polling is bad, and some people are...