by Robert Borosage | Feb 1, 2011 | Blog
Republicans have obstructed the confirmation of unprecedented numbers of Obama judicial nominees. Vacancies have grown so bad that even Justice Roberts, the partisan Chief Justice, urged the Senate to act, since the undermanned courts were getting overwhelmed. But the...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 1, 2011 | Blog, Economy
While the rest of us as asking "Where are the damn jobs?", Republicans are apparently focused on everything else but jobs. Republicans won dozens of elections last fall after claiming Democrats had focused too little on creating jobs. Now GOP lawmakers stand...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 31, 2011 | Blog
Those pesky founding fathers. You'd think guys who so long ago shuffled off that old mortal coil would find it harder to surprise us. With them safely dead for so long, you'd think we could easily appropriate and their past and politics in support of our own, without...
by Bill Scher | Jan 31, 2011 | Blog
Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a joint statement with the AFL-CIO supporting President Obama's call for increased public investment in infrastructure, which read: Whether it is building roads, bridges, high-speed broadband, energy systems and...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 31, 2011 | Blog, Economy
A tourist who was interviewed last night from Cairo spoke for millions of his fellow Americans when he said he couldn't imagine living a country like Egypt. It is hard, isn't it? Imagine: A government run by and for the rich and powerful. Leaders who lecture others...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 31, 2011 | Blog
Not the wars. Not greenhouse gasses. Not even the deficit. The issue most important to Americans is jobs. Despite that, jobs failed to make an appearance in the State of the Union address. The talk was all about business. Business was doing better. Business needed...
