by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 14, 2011 | Blog
What made last week's rioting in London all the more 'achingly sad'? The rioters weren't challenging greed. They were celebrating it. We really need to understand why. Oppressed people riot. Oppression and rioting have gone together for millennia. But the young...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 12, 2011 | Blog
It's come to this. As much as it pains me to say it, I wish we had more Republicans who think like Newt Gingrich. It pains me even more to say this, but I wish we had more Democrats who like Newt Gingrich. Ah, but I should be more specific. I wish we had more...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 12, 2011 | Blog
"The patient is sicker so we have to apply more leeches." Countries that are trying to fix deficits with spending cuts are finding out that taking money out of their economies by cutting government is slowing their economies. Duh! Imagine that! So instead of cutting...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 12, 2011 | Blog
Mitt Romney got a lot of press for telling a heckler at the Iowa State Fair that "corporations are people." He did not go on to sing that Patti Smith song, People Have the Power. But corporate "people" certainly do. Their power was on display this week, both in...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 11, 2011 | Blog
The political world is abuzz with a heat-of-the-moment comment by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that is starkly revealing. Here's how The Huffington Post reported it: Pressed by an attendee at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday as to why he was focusing...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 11, 2011 | Blog
In the new economy, we may all need a "sugar daddy." And, no, I don't mean the candy. "People will find a way," has been Republicans' constant refrain for the past year or so, in their ceaseless targeting vital programs and services for deep cuts,...
