by Robert Borosage | Mar 30, 2011 | Blog
Common sense is an endangered species in today’s budget frenzy. Inside the Beltway, millions of dollars have gone into a concerted campaign to elevate hysteria about deficits, in an effort to roll Congress into deep cuts in entitlement programs. On the right, the Tea...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 25, 2011 | Blog
"We have to understand. We have other patriots who love our country who have other ideas about how to solve our problems... We're patriots; they're patriots too." That was my friend Van Jones, speaking about the Tea Party at the Summit on Jobs and America's...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 18, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Governor Scott Walker and a gaggle of Republican governors assault the right of workers to bargain collectively in states across the country. Teachers get laid off as school budgets are cut across the country. Colleges hike tuitions and shut down course offerings....
by Robert Borosage | Mar 16, 2011 | Blog
The following caught my eye: It is today's distillation by Anzalone Liszt Research drawn from recent national polls: For first time in history, more Americans support gay marriage than oppose it: The General Social Survey shows that for the first time in history, more...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 16, 2011 | Blog
What's striking in the debate over America’s budget deficits isn’t the stridency of the anti-government Right. That’s expected and they don’t deviate from script. No, most impressive is the steely strength of a conventional wisdom that is flat out wrong. In its...
