by Richard Eskow | Nov 7, 2012 | Blog
So, let's get this straight: A Republican President is re-elected in 2004 with 284 electoral votes and the pundits say he has the "political capital" to push an extreme right-wing mandate. A Democratic President gets re-elected in 2012 with 303 electoral votes, and...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 7, 2012 | Blog
So, let's get this straight: A Republican President is re-elected in 2004 with 284 electoral votes, and the pundits tell us he has the "political capital" to push an extreme right-wing mandate. A Democratic President gets re-elected in 2012 with 303 electoral votes,...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 6, 2012 | Blog
Some people I respect are agonizing over their Presidential vote. Others are voting third-party, or not at all. Speaking only for myself, my choice wasn't made lightly: I'll be voting to re-elect a President whose Administration I've often criticized over the last...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 1, 2012 | Blog
Poll after poll has shown that the public rejects the millionaire-oriented, tax-cutting, government-slashing austerity plan known as "Simpson Bowles." And yet politicians in both parties keep trying to force it through the legislative process under the banner of a...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 31, 2012 | Blog
Even in these tempestuous times, some things are still predictable. Bank CEOs still plead poverty after receiving billion-dollar favors from the government. And there are apparently still reporters who take their word for it. Recently a lawsuit was filed against...
