by Brian Dockstader | Aug 25, 2009 | Blog
Actual cover of "Your Life, Your Choices" offered by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Did you hear the latest ridiculous lie the right-wing is promoting against health insurance reform? You see, there is a book, an evil book, and if you read it, you get a phone call, and...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 24, 2009 | Blog
As the parent of a small child — who is apparently entering the "terrible twos" a few months early — I tend to put things in that context sometimes. What we're seeing from the health care town halls, what we've seen from the "birthers" and what we saw during...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 23, 2009 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Across the pond, in the UK, the idea of capping income is suddenly starting to make a respectable splash. The Great Depression gave us the minimum wage. Might we now see a “maximum wage,” thanks to the Great Recession? That prospect now seems to have...
by Bill Scher | Aug 22, 2009 | Blog
In the latest edition of The Week In Blog at Bloggingheads.tv, Matt Lewis and myself discussed blog reaction to the ongoing health care, both divisions within the Left, and -- which I had not been aware of -- the Right
by Bill Scher | Aug 21, 2009 | Blog
The oil lobby's latest Astroturf concoction is "Energy Citizens." Its website practically looks like it's a group pushing clean green jobs, with it's green-tinted USA map and call to "support American jobs and affordable energy." Its attempt as a grassroots rally...
by Brian Dockstader | Aug 21, 2009 | Blog
While reading through the latest news this morning I happened upon a startling, yet much-welcomed story about GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann. It comes as just the latest sign that in the 21st Century we are moving toward an overwhelming pro-choice consensus in this...
