by Bill Scher | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Sen. Rand Paul wants to radically slash the size of our federal government and drastically limit its responsibilities. Oddly for a devout ideologue, he doesn't want to tell you that. When Paul was speaking to the country at large in his presidential campaign...
by Bill Scher | Apr 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Emanuel Survives, Some Allies Don't Mayor Rahm Emanuel wins runoff. AP: "With nearly all voting precincts reporting results, Emanuel had about 56 percent of the vote ... Emanuel raised far more money than Garcia, plastered the airwaves with ads and had support from...
by Bill Scher | Apr 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
No, We're Not At Full Employment OurFuture.org's Isaiah J. Poole interviews CBPP's Jared Bernstein on "What Robert Samuelson (And Others) Get Wrong About Full Employment": "Bernstein says that his new book will call for policies that would address the 'jobs for all'...
by Bill Scher | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Populism2015
America's clean energy market continues to grow. Our wind power capacity is estimated to grow 85 percent by 2020. The U.S. Energy Department touts that "every 3 weeks the U.S. installs more solar power than in all of 2008." The wave even reaches conservative states...
by Bill Scher | Apr 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last Day Of Campaigning In Chicago Chicago votes tomorrow for mayor. Chicago Tribune: "... turnout is expected to go up from the near-record low of 34 percent in the first round, and which campaign drives that increase could determine the election's outcome. Emanuel...
