by Richard Eskow | Jun 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
I always liked those scenes in old Westerns where the ranchers get together to face a common threat to their livelihood, usually some greedy family dynasty that's scheming with a big bank, railroad, or mining operation. The scene always starts the same way: “Boys,...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 19, 2013 | Financial Reform
Nearly 100 years ago two young Detroit girls visited a now-vanished island park that had a dance pavilion, amusement rides, and swimming, and wrote that they were “having fun” on a piece of paper. Then they put the paper in a bottle and tossed it into the St. Clair...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 18, 2013 | Blog
For an estimated 4 million people, including about 210,000 schoolchildren, the farm bill the House is scheduled to start debating today could mean they will be going hungry a lot more often. That has promoted organizations such as Half in 10 and the Food Research and...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
Conservatives keep claiming liberals want a "cradle-to-grave nanny state." That rhetoric has distracted us from the real social re-engineering taking place all around us. The right, along with its "centrist" collaborators, is transforming our nation into a bloodless...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
It seems as if the same battle is being fought in every aspect of American society. On one side are the forces of egalitarianism, economic opportunity and self-determination. On the other is a well-funded and entrenched elite bent on hijacking our media, our political...
