by Terrance Heath | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
No doubt Republicans know the fight over extending the payroll tax is one they could lose. Thus, they've pivoted away from opposing the extension, and have presented a plan of their own — one that Timothy Noah says the Democrats should be willing to work with because...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 12, 2011 | Blog
Rick Perry's latest "oops" moments are this Monday's low-hanging fruit for bloggers, and by now it's low-hanging fruit that's seems thoroughly picked over. Looking back over the Republican campaign thus far, littered with what's left of a bushel of front-runners whose...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 9, 2011 | Blog
Just in time for the holidays, conservatives are presenting their latest gift to America's political discourse. Not satisfied with having creating and popularizing climate change denialism, and not even inequality denialism, it looks like conservatives are applying...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 8, 2011 | Blog
"Which side are you on?" That question, posed by Florence Reece in a pro-union song she wrote in 1931, echoes across the country today, in the form of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and demonstrations like Take Back the Capital this week. Millions of Americans...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 7, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
It seems ages ago (Doesn't it?) that progressives were pushing hard to get Elizabeth Warren appointed to head her brainchild, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We know how that worked out. Despite our best efforts, Warren didn't get the appointment and moved...
