by Terrance Heath | Sep 12, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
In the biggest elevator video since Beyonce and Jay Z, the world saw Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice knock his fiancé out cold. While the NFL dragged its feet on a response, right-wingers lost no time blaming the victim. In July, video surfaced of Baltimore...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 10, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Conservatives say marriage is the “ultimate anti-poverty program,” and claim that most of our economic woes would vanish if more people got hitched. A new study suggests marriage barely makes a dent in poverty. On the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, Sen. Marco...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 5, 2014 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
With so many convictions, indictments, and investigations concerning corruption, it’s beginning to look like orange may be the new black for the GOP. It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Bob McDonnell was one of the leading lights of the Republican Party. Being...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 5, 2014 | Economy, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
At Michael Brown’s funeral, Rev. Al Sharpton lamented that America has “money to give military equipment to police forces,” but not to train and employ young people. Sen. Bernie Sanders is making good on a promise to remedy that. While eulogizing Brown, Sharpton...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 4, 2014 | Progressive Vision
There's a war going on. While low-wage workers are take to the streets today to fight for livable wages, a battle is brewing in The Hamptons, where the wealthy and the super wealthy square off against one another over traffic. Helicopter traffic, that is. Campaign for...
