by Richard Eskow | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
Apparently the august and statesmanlike Mr. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (his real name) was a little displeased by our piece in the Huffington Post this weekend, "Why Progressives Keep Losing and the Right Keeps Winning." He read it out loud on his show this...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
The President speech on the Federal deficit marked a brilliant return to what might be called his "holographic" style. Like a hologram, the President's speech was beautiful and evocative and shimmered with light. But like a hologram, what you see depends on where you...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
Our sister site, TheMiddleClass.org, is taking a dim view of the budget deal struck Friday between the White House and Congress for fiscal year 2011. It concedes that it is not as disastrous for middle-class and lower-income people as H.R. 1, the budget the House...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog, Economy
The President got big things right in his budget speech. He defended Medicare and Medicaid against the Republican effort to end them, and pushed accurately for reforming our health care system, not simply shifting costs to seniors and the disabled. He defended Social...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
On Wednesday, the President will lay out his principles for deficit reduction, responding to the Republican FY 2012 budget put forth by House Budget Chair Rep. Paul Ryan. The Ryan plan is brazen and preposterous. It violates every common sense principle about dealing...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 13, 2011 | Blog
RELATED POST Robert Borosage rates President Obama's speech against his "citizen's guide" to common-sense standards for the budget debate. Earlier this week at The Nation, Melissa Harris-Perry wondered if President Obama lost his ability to "tell the story"—in other...
