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,...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 11, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
Washington is in a Fox News tizzy about budget deficits. But even though the budget deficits were clearly caused by tax cuts for the rich, huge military spending increases and the effects of the lack of jobs, ideas for fixing those are the very things that are "off...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 11, 2011 | Blog
Hopefully the worst of the violence is over in Great Britain. London's fires are cooling into ashes, and with any luck they won't be rekindled. But even though the British economy is still a tinderbox, nothing that's happened has dampened some people's enthusiasm for...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 10, 2011 | Blog
The establishment campaign to use the economic crisis to cut Social Security and Medicare continues to escalate. Helene Cooper in New York Times offers up a new theme: If the president is courageous and puts country before campaign, he'll "administer the disagreeable...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 10, 2011 | Blog
Ignore the chest-thumping from the right following the Wisconsin recall elections Tuesday night. The fact that Democratic challengers prevailed in two of the six races, and came within less than 1,100 votes of unseating a third in a race where almost 51,000 votes were...
