by Richard Eskow | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog
This weekend the New York Times ran what seemed to be a somewhat overly flattering piece about right-wing anti-entitlement hawk Pete Peterson, and the piece included this paragraph: Progressives like Mr. Baker or Richard Eskow of the Campaign for America’s Future...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
Apparently the august and statesmanlike Mr. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (his real name) was a little displeased by our piece in the Huffington Post this weekend, "Why Progressives Keep Losing and the Right Keeps Winning." He read it out loud on his show this...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
The President speech on the Federal deficit marked a brilliant return to what might be called his "holographic" style. Like a hologram, the President's speech was beautiful and evocative and shimmered with light. But like a hologram, what you see depends on where you...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog
Congratulations! The "grand compromise" will cut nearly thirty nine billion dollars in needed government spending, which proves how "serious" everyone is about reducing the deficit. The grand compromisers could have cancelled the next ten years of tax subsidies for...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 12, 2011 | Blog
Click here to send a message to the President: Don't Dare Cut Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security. The President's scheduled to discuss Social Security, Medicare, and the deficit in a speech this Wednesday. Let's hope he isn't about to make a serious mistake. White...
