by Richard Kirsch | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Paul Ryan paints himself as a champion of “the people” over “Washington.” But the “people” the new House speaker defends are corporations. And the “Washington” he attacks is the one that does deliver for real people. For the past five years, Ryan has authored the...
by Richard Kirsch | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Education
Metropolis, Illinois, population 6,465, isn’t much of a metropolis. But when Reverend Orlando McReynolds moved to that small town on the Kentucky border two years ago to become the pastor at the First Missionary Life Center, he found the same thing he left behind in...
by Richard Kirsch | Sep 3, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
Imagine your boss suddenly told you that from now on you were going to be considered an independent contractor. You’d have to pay for your office space, supplies, and equipment. Your employer would deduct those expenses from your paycheck. And you’d have to pay all...
by Richard Kirsch | Aug 15, 2013 | Blog
President Barack Obama is pledging to make the rest of his time in office about “making this country work for working Americans again.” That means one branch of government is on the case. After rejecting White House proposals to create good jobs that would rebuild our...