by Richard Eskow | Dec 15, 2011 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Fire all the janitors and make poor kids clean their schools? Zap Korea with an airborne superlaser that's never worked during testing? Ignore global warming and plan to re-engineer the entire planet with untested technology instead? People like Maureen Dowd have been...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
This morning I appeared on KPFK's Uprising program with Sonali Kolhatkar to discuss the "payroll tax holiday" debate now going in the Senate. There's a lot of confusion around this issue. For one thing, the general public always struggles to understand numbers,...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday Thom Hartmann and I discussed the proposal to extend and expand what Democrats have called the 'payroll tax holiday.' (Video is below.) There are no heroes in this debate, but there are certainly villains. There are several different ways this could end -...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 12, 2011 | Blog
Lately we've been hearing some strong words from President Obama about Wall Street crime. But when the cameras and lights aren't around, his administration's been working feverishly to protect bankers from state law enforcement officials. There are conscientious state...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 11, 2011 | Blog
(If the video doesn't appear on your browser, it's available here) Was on Current TV's The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur the other day, appearing with the crew and participating in a "Power Panel" discussion with Glenn Greenwald and Paul Waldman. The...