by Richard Eskow | Aug 13, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security, Winning Issues for 2014
August 14th is Social Security’s birthday, and I keep having this nightmare. In it, 300 million Americans are singing Social Security’s praises and celebrating its 79th year. Then a giant cake is rolled out while everybody sings “Happy Birthday” – and out pops Alan...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 12, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, Winning Issues for 2014
They say that one swallow doesn’t make a summer, and one Politico story certainly doesn’t make a campaign season. But if a recent article there is correct – if the Democratic Party’s strategy this year really is “Running as a Dem (while) sounding like a Republican” –...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 8, 2014 | Blog, Financial Reform
Preliminary reports say that a $16 to $17 billion settlement will soon be announced between the Justice Department and Bank of America. That would break the record for the largest bank settlement in history, set less than a year ago by a $13 billion agreement between...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 5, 2014 | Blog, Economy
Thomas Friedman recently filed an editorial from, and about, Madagascar. In a new piece for Salon, we point out the flaws in his thinking - flaws that mirror his shortsighted and trend-infatuated view of the domestic economy. Friedman is an ideal exemplar of...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 4, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
Our long national nightmare is over – for the moment. Congress has adjourned for summer recess after a session that can safely be described as “historic,” both for its historic lack of accomplishment and the historically low regard in which it is now held by the...
