by Bill Scher | Mar 14, 2011 | Blog
Last Thursday, I learned that Sen. Rand Paul hasn't had a functioning toilet in his home for 20 years. He seems to believe the federal government is not allowing him to own a functioning toilet. I found this strange, because I own a functioning toilet. And like the...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 14, 2011 | Blog
If you think conservatism's war on America's working- and middle-classes is only happening in Wisconsin and a few other states, you're wrong. If you think that it's only a war against public employees, you're more wrong than you know. Dan Rather recently filed a story...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 13, 2011 | Blog
Has Jim DeMint, the right-wing senator leading the assault on federal domestic spending, finally gone too far? His corporate executive benefactors may soon come to think so. Even hypocrites can sometimes have a point. Take Jim DeMint, for instance, the U.S. senator...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog, Financial Reform
Today we saw state troopers in Madison tearing peaceful protesters out of their own capitol after the Senate voted to deprive them of their rights. Video footage of that event should come with a label: Brought to you by the State of Wisconsin, a wholly owned...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog
Van Jones gave an inspirational closing talk at yesterday's the Summit On Jobs & America's Future in Washington D.C. Beginning by talking about the Tea Party movement and how that movement really points a path for progressives to feel encouraged instead of...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 11, 2011 | Blog
I was as the Summit on Jobs & America's Future yesterday, so I didn't get to hear Keith Ellison's testimony at Rep. Peter King's hearing on "Islamic radicalization." Instead, I heard Ellison speak eloquently at the summit about the the "jobs and...
