by Richard Eskow | Aug 4, 2016 | Blog
Donald Trump’s brain. It’s an unusual instrument, and a frightening one, even in the best of circumstances. Now someone has “put a bird on it”– a lot of them, in fact. Here’s what Trump said about wind power on Monday: “The wind kills all your birds. All your...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Hillary Clinton offered a strong economic platform at last week’s Democratic National Convention. She promised to boost employment and wages with large-scale investments in infrastructure and green jobs. She declared her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 25, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7FQXkm8bGQ&w=560&h=315] We recently spoke with Sen. Tammy Baldwin about three financial reform initiatives: ending Wall Street's huge bonuses for employees who enter government service, reducing "vulture" capitalism's impact...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The Gettysburg address, it wasn't. Donald Trump's acceptance speech clocked in at one hour and 15 minutes, and that's not counting the time dilation effect demagoguery can produce in some observers. Lincoln’s speech lasted less than two minutes. A columnist in the New...
by Richard Eskow | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Word is that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will announce her vice presidential choice on Friday, and rumors that she's going with a "safe" pick should worry Democrats. In this political climate, a search for "safety" could put her candidacy in...
