by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
Some House Republicans are responding to the outrage over their vote in favor of turning Medicare into a private insurance racket in sadly predictable fashion, reports The Huffington Post's Sam Stein: They're ducking tough questions from their constituents. But Senate...
by Terrance Heath | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
OK. I think I understand why he did it. At first I didn't think Obama's release of his long form birth certificate would do him much good. But now I'm beginning to think the president knows exactly what he's doing, how it could help him, and how it can potentially...
by Mary Bottari | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
Remember when the fight broke out in Wisconsin over the right to collectively bargain and President Obama and a phalanx of national democratic leaders spread out across the country fighting for the rights of American workers? Right, we don't remember that...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
The Republican plan for Medicare "cuts government spending" by shifting the cost of old-age health care directly to the middle class and poor. (I’ll explain below.) Here’s the thing: someone is going to get that $34 trillion. (I’ll explain below.) And that someone...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 27, 2011 | Blog
Regulatory agencies exist to protect the public, not the corporations they regulate. The head of the Office of Comptroller of the Currency doesn't seem to understand that. But that's not why John Walsh needs to resign. The OCC was created to stabilize the economy,...
by Greg Colvin | Apr 26, 2011 | Blog
Among those who feel the only way to overcome the Citizens United decision, which opened the door to unlimited corporate spending on elections, is to amend the U.S. Constitution, the question on everyone’s mind is: “So what’s the language?” I offered a version of my...
