by Robert Reich | Aug 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
I recently got a call from a political analyst in Washington. “Trump is dropping like a stone,” he said, convincingly. “After Election Day, he’s history.” I think Trump will lose the election, but I doubt he’ll be “history.” Defeated presidential candidates typically...
by Robert Reich | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Health, Progressive Vision
The best argument for a single-payer health plan is the recent decision by giant health insurer Aetna to bail out next year from 11 of the 15 states where it sells Obamacare plans. Aetna’s decision follows similar moves by UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest...
by Robert Reich | Aug 15, 2016 | Blog
It looks increasingly likely that Hillary Clinton, a self-described “progressive who likes to get things done,” will have her chance starting next January. But how much that’s progressive will she actually be able to get done? The Senate may flip to the Democrats but...
by Robert Reich | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
In her speech accepting the Democratic nomination, Hillary Clinton said the nation was at “a moment of reckoning.” She’s right, but the reckoning is not simply the choice voters face this fall between her and Donald Trump. The real reckoning is larger and it will...
by Robert Reich | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
[fve]https://youtu.be/r1tSgUtBfOc[/fve] The Republican Party still has time to change its mind. Right now it’s supporting for President of the United States a man 1. who divides us by race and ethnicity and religion. He says undocumented Americans “bring drugs,...
