by Richard Eskow | Mar 17, 2011 | Blog
Steve Earle, who's hands-down one of the best songwriters of our time, has re-released two union-themed songs on iTunes to support the Madison protesters. “Harlan Man” and “The Mountain” are being issued as a special "2-track digital single" (I didn't know you could...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 15, 2011 | Blog
God save us from sentences like this one: "Don't look now, but an adult conversation has begun on the federal budget deficit." If we've heard this cliché once, we've heard it a thousand times, so we hope we'll be forgiven for the blunt talk that follows. Let's face...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 15, 2011 | Blog
Talked with Rick Smith about this piece on M & I Bank (" ") on his radio show last night. Here's the audio (it's about ten minutes long - just enough to listen to while you're clearing the paperwork off your desk): RickSmithMar142011-podcast (click on the link to...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 14, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
After a big buildup, the hacker group Anonymous released its first batch of whistleblower emails regarding Bank of America. The result was ... confusion. Maybe they're real, maybe not. (We assume they are.) Maybe they're a letdown. Maybe not. Here's what we know and...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 14, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
People in Wisconsin are pulling their money out of Marshall & Ilsley (M&I) Bank because they know it's been helping their Governor's crusade against public employees and the middle class. They might also like to know that M&I's executives ran one of the most...
