by Terrance Heath | Jan 13, 2011 | Blog
Everyone either wondered what the President would say, or knew what he should say at the memorial for the victims of the shooting in Tucson. Now we know what he did say. It may be the finest speech he's given as president, thus far. He spoke not merely as the...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2011 | Blog
It begins with a moment of silence. "Poetry is about the grief," said Robert Frost. "Politics is about the grievance." This is a time of grief, not grievance. This morning I assembled a litany of criticisms about what might have led up to yesterday's events, but I...
by | Jan 13, 2011 | Blog, Making it in America
President Obama delivered just the right speech in Tucson. Can he replicate that performance for his State of the Union address on January 25? For the sake of our nation’s economic well-being, he must. Just as our national psyche needed some healing this week, our...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 13, 2011 | Blog, Economy
In the aftermath of the tragic Tucson, AZ, shooting that left six dead, and Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D, AZ-8) hospitalized, much has been said and written about the degree to which incendiary rhetoric motivated the shooter. However, caustic rhetoric isn't the real...
by Roger Hickey | Jan 13, 2011 | Blog
[Note: The following column was rejected by The Washington Post after two of its regular columnists had done similar op-eds calling for President Obama to cut Social Security and Medicare. There was a time when op-ed pages were used by newspapers (at least those...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 13, 2011 | Blog
The D.C. elite insist that the retirement age should be raised even more than the current 67. They have jobs where they sit in nice chairs behind nice desks in nice offices in affluent areas. They don't even know anyone who waits tables or cleans or lifts boxes all...
