by Terrance Heath | Jan 24, 2014 | Conservatism
This has been a rough week for the American right. Some of its brightest stars now seem to be plummeting to the earth. Meanwhile, every time conservatives opened their mouths, they widened the chasm between the GOP and mainstream America. Here’s a selection of the...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 17, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Making it in America
Bucking the conservative tendency to blame and punish the poor, and the trend towards criminalizing homelessness, Utah has come up with simple, cost-effective solution for homelessness. Earlier this month, Hawaii State representative Tom Bower (D) began walking the...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 17, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Financial Reform
In 2010, the Heritage Foundation ranked Ireland in the top 10 counties in its "Economic Independence Index." Four years later, conservative austerity has wrecked Ireland's economy and other European economies. The "luck of the Irish" ran out in 2008, when the "Celtic...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 15, 2014 | Conservatism
Today, about 35,000 of the 300,000 West Virginians left without water for five days, after a chemical leak contaminated the Elk River, can shower again. For the remaining folks in the nine counties affected by the chemical leak and the resulting ban on using tap...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 8, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy
Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson stood before Congress and declared war on poverty. His plans included broadening the food stamp program, extending minimum wage coverage, increasing education funding, and providing “hospital insurance” for older Americans....
