by Dave Johnson | Mar 17, 2011 | Blog
Earlier today I wrote that External Shock Happens, and "we should be shoring up our public structures, our infrastructure, our protections and empowerments. That is what government is and what it does, and we need it." I just came across a post, Black Swans, 100 Year...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 17, 2011 | Blog, Economy
You wouldn't know it from looking around you but this country has grown much richer over last 30 years. We have a vastly higher GDP, higher average income, much more wealth... But American workers haven’t shared in it. It is all captured by a few billionaires and...
by Bill Scher | Mar 17, 2011 | Blog
This week, an actual jobs idea garnered bipartisan support. Sens. John Kerry (D), Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) and Mark Warner (D) teamed up to introduce "The BUILD Act" which would create a $10 billion "infrastructure bank" to provide loans and loan guarantees for...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 17, 2011 | Blog
Steve Earle, who's hands-down one of the best songwriters of our time, has re-released two union-themed songs on iTunes to support the Madison protesters. “Harlan Man” and “The Mountain” are being issued as a special "2-track digital single" (I didn't know you could...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 16, 2011 | Blog
The following caught my eye: It is today's distillation by Anzalone Liszt Research drawn from recent national polls: For first time in history, more Americans support gay marriage than oppose it: The General Social Survey shows that for the first time in history, more...
by Bill Scher | Mar 16, 2011 | Blog
Earlier this week, I offered advice to America's highest-ranking libertarian Sen. Rand Paul how he could find a working toilet, and dispel his belief that the federal government will not allow him one. Soon after, Grist's David Roberts, dismayed at the Senator's...
