by Bill Scher | Aug 6, 2009 | Blog
In my personal experience, nothing makes a conservative madder than observing that the history of conservatism is sullied with racism. You'll immediately get an earful about Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd and his past with the KKK, as if the fact that many 60s-era...
by Brian Dockstader | Aug 6, 2009 | Blog
Another day, another town hall meeting, another angry mob of right-wing fanatics promoting lies and trying to shout down democratic discourse. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) was just one of many Democratic members of Congress to be descended upon by the angry right-wing...
by Tula Connell | Aug 6, 2009 | Blog, Economy
The unemployment data is due tomorrow, and it's likely to be bad, with an expected 300,000 to 320,000 jobs
by Leo Gerard | Aug 6, 2009 | Blog
Leo W. Gerard: Your chapter in the new book, “Benchmarking the Advantages Foreign Nationals Provide their Manufacturers,” describes in devastating detail how China in particular, but also other major U.S. trading partners, violate international rules. The abuses you...
by Bill Scher | Aug 6, 2009 | Blog
TPMDC picked up a Napa Valley Register report and separate editorial on another right-wing disrupting the town hall featuring Blue Dog Dem Rep. Mike Thompson. The initial article reported: Shouts of “This is America!” and “What’s wrong with profit?” emerged from a...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 6, 2009 | Blog
When things are going wrong it is often good practice to go back and review the basics, and start again. In baseball you go back to batting and fielding practice. To master a musical instrument you practice your scales every day. Things have gone wrong with our...