by Robert Borosage | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog
Poetry graces the speeches of Barack Obama. Few political leaders have his skill of telling the progressive story of America in a way that draws us together. His budget speech delivered at George Washington was exemplary, portraying an America of both rugged...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 14, 2011 | Blog
This weekend the New York Times ran what seemed to be a somewhat overly flattering piece about right-wing anti-entitlement hawk Pete Peterson, and the piece included this paragraph: Progressives like Mr. Baker or Richard Eskow of the Campaign for America’s Future...
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...
