by Richard Eskow | Apr 17, 2014 | Blog, Health
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5-UvHcFmEw[/fve] Why did Florida’s Republicans let a hard-working young mother of three die rather than accept federal funding that would’ve provided her with health insurance? “Sadism.” According to Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.),...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 11, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Here’s a story that resonates with so many layers of bitter irony that it’s hard to know where to begin. So we’ll start with the headline: “Citi Foundation to Help Teens Find 'Pathways to Progress.'” Two other recent stories add a certain piquancy to this...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 9, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
The unseen hand of antigovernment ideology can be found everywhere nowadays – even in your mailbox. The proof is in what you won’t find there, like your annual statement of earned Social Security benefits. The government stopped mailing those out in 2011. It’s also...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 4, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
Republican Senator Rand Paul has been making a big play for millennials lately, most notably by taking his civil liberties pitch to colleges around the country. Paul has got the right idea when he says his party must “evolve, adapt or die” (although I think the first...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 4, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
In a surprisingly self-pitying Wall Street Journal editorial, billionaire Charles Koch has put forward the proposition that the nation's "collectivists" have unfairly characterized him as "un-American." What Koch calls "character assassination," however, others would...
