by Dave Johnson | Jun 16, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
I am participating on a panel tomorrow at Netroots Nation, Revitalizing Manufacturing: The Road to Renewed Job Growth. Please click here to submit questions for the Q&A session. The panel: FRIDAY, JUNE 17TH 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The prospects of the U.S. innovating our...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 15, 2011 | Blog
This weekend I went to the San Mateo (CA) County Fair. My wife’s dance troupe (pic here) and students were performing. (They were on a stage next to and immediately before the pig races, near the funnel cake stand.) I got there early and before they started I walked...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 14, 2011 | Blog
Today in Washington White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee argued against efforts to boost the economy, saying that the jobs market "is on a trajectory of improvement." He was probably trying to evoke a reaction using the initials of the President's slogan...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 12, 2011 | Blog
Yet another poll is out, showing that the public wants taxes raised on the rich and on Wall Street and the giant multi-national corporations, and does not want cuts in the things We, the People do for each other. Other polls show the public wants cuts in military...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 10, 2011 | Blog
Some say that maybe it is a bad idea to base a political party's ideology on a belief that altruism, democracy and Christianity are "evil." Others say that maybe it is a bad idea to base a country's policies on fictional novels rather than science and history. Still...
