by Richard Eskow | May 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
At least three senators up for re-election in Republican-leaning states next year are defying President Obama by indicating they’ll refuse to support the White House’s Social Security cuts in any “Grand Bargain” on the budget. There are a number of reasons why this is...
by Richard Eskow | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
This Sunday’s episode of 60 Minutes was a brilliant case study in the media’s ability to manipulate the public mind. The entire hour is worth studying, if only as one of the most illuminating and sophisticated examples of media manipulation in recent memory. Who,...
by Richard Eskow | May 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
When historian Niall Ferguson made his offensive comments about John Maynard Keynes last week, he wasn't just revealing an ugly side of own nature. He was defending his authoritarian and economically punitive ideology not only against its opponents, but against...
by Richard Eskow | May 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
News reports tell us that more than 500 people have now died and more than 2,500 were injured in Savar, Bangladesh, while the toll in West, Texas stands at 15 dead and over 200 injured. Behind these two disasters is a common thread of greed - and a common need for...
by Richard Eskow | May 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sure, we urgently need to repeal the sequester. (You can tell your member of Congress that here.) But it's even more important to repeal the insane thinking that led to the sequester. That means repealing the deficit babble that still dominates Washington (and...
