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Drop Dead Conservatism Part Two

Read part one. There's a literary reference that comes to mind when I consider "Drop Dead" conservatism. (My English Lit. degree occasionally comes in handy.) It's a Shakespearean reference, actually, to a character from one of his lesser known plays. Timon of Athens...

Drop Dead Conservatism Part One

Drop Dead. That's the best answer that some conservatives have been able to offer to a country in teeth of the worst financial crisis we've faced in a generation. When the Wall Street crisis loomed and the bailout was being debated: let the market fail, and risk...

Weve Foreclosed On Ourselves

Faced with a foreclosure fiasco of astounding proportions — as chronicled by my fellow bloggers, Zach Carter and Richard Eskow —  in which banks practically kick down doors to foreclose on homes even when they can't prove ownership of the...

Progressive Breakfast - 11/10/2010

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. The Social Security Onslaught...

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