by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 17, 2009 | Blog
There's a reason why lawbreakers don't get to negotiate the terms of their punishment or their parole. There is no bartering to be done between the protectors of law and order and the violators of law and order. There are only two basic questions for the person who...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 9, 2009 | Blog
Third Way, an organization of so-called centrist Democrats, is promoting what it calls a "hybrid" proposal for a health insurance public plan option that it says progressives should be able to support. No, we shouldn't. It's an unacceptable attempt by people too...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 3, 2009 | Blog
Most people attending the America's Future Now conference are clear about one thing when it comes to health care: They are not prepared to compromise away the choice of a public health care option in order to get other reforms. In a straw poll at America's Future Now!...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 2, 2009 | Blog
A theme that seemed to run through the three acceptance speeches of the award recipients at the America's Future Now! gala dinner Tuesday night was that people who have been left out or left behind in the move toward the American Dream are due their chance for...
by Isaiah J. Poole | May 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yesterday's furrowed brows over the long-term prospects for the American economy have been replaced for the moment by raised eyebrows at this morning's Commerce Department report that the economy shrank during the first quarter by 5.7 percent—bad, but not as mad as...
