by Terrance Heath | Feb 9, 2011 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
"Now that he is safely dead, let us praise him." poet Carl Wendell Hines wrote of Martin Luther King Jr., after his assassination. Ronald Reagan has been "safely dead" for just under seven years, but the economic impact of his policies remain with...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 3, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Much as I loathe the woman, I'm hearing stuff that almost makes me consider donning a "Palin in 2012" button. Not because I want to see her elected (*shudder*). And not out of morbid curiosity But because of what her candidacy could do to the election — and...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 1, 2011 | Blog, Economy
While the rest of us as asking "Where are the damn jobs?", Republicans are apparently focused on everything else but jobs. Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers stand...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 31, 2011 | Blog
Those pesky founding fathers. You'd think guys who so long ago shuffled off that old mortal coil would find it harder to surprise us. With them safely dead for so long, you'd think we could easily appropriate and their past and politics in support of our own, without...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 26, 2011 | Blog
To hear some progressive bloggers tell it, Paul Ryan's response to President Obama's State of the Union address was an utter failure, and the GOP blundered in picking him to carry its message. But the true measure of a speech's success is how well the speaker reaches...
