by Terrance Heath | Oct 11, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Punishing the Poor In the first days of the shutdown, conservatives alternated between celebrating and downplaying the impact. RedState.com's Erick Erickson insisted Americans would barely notice the government shutdown. But the consequences of the government shutdown...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 3, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Making it in America
Calling the GOP's antics childish is an insult to children. Their budget shenanigans surpass the worst childish behavior, and are far more damaging. The Republican-engineered government shutdown is doing real harm to real people, and endangering an already fragile...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 27, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Economy, Health
I've been writing lately about the crossroads the GOP has reached, and the choices before them: Republicans can either change their policies and their tone to attract minority voters, or the GOP can rely solely on white voters. There's increasing evidence that...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 25, 2013 | Economy, Too Big To Jail
Someone should tell AIG CEO Robert Benmosche that unless he's hanging from the end of a rope, he's not being lynched. Americans are at the end of their ropes, because the wealthy got bailed out while the rest of us got left out. Benmosche recently told the Wall Street...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 20, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
The GOP is burdened with a base too steeped in racial denialism and resentment to allow Republicans to reach out to minority voters. Republicans have painted themselves into a corner through decades of appealing to racial fears and stoking the racial resentments of...
