by Leo Gerard | Dec 10, 2013 | Blog
Witch hunter Joseph McCarthy would be proud of ALEC. So proud! Like McCarthy, the shadowy corporate lobby group wants oaths of allegiance. McCarthy demanded loyalty pledges to the United States. ALEC, by contrast, wants its lawmaker members to vow first allegiance to...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 28, 2013 | Economy, Minimum Wage, The Jobs Challenge
At the first Thanksgiving, there was no expression of the sentiment: “I built this feast by myself.” Native Americans sat side by side with pilgrims – religious leader by huntsman, chief by planter. They shared the bounty they’d all worked to create. This Thanksgiving...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Typically, the GOP styles itself as the all-knowing party, the party so God-like that it has the right to control how individual citizens live their lives. GOPers believe, for example, that low-income cancer victims don’t need to live at all, so Republicans in 25...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 12, 2013 | Health
In a shocking turn of events, Republicans now care about whether Americans have health insurance! It happened quite suddenly. The moment can be precisely pinpointed. It occurred early in the day of Oct. 1 when the media declared the launch of the Affordable Care Act...
by Leo Gerard | Nov 5, 2013 | The Jobs Challenge
Anthony Tenny told Clearwater Paper several times that he was concerned about working in excessive red cedar dust at its Lewiston, Idaho, sawmill. But nothing changed. So he reported his fears to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Within a month...
