by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2009 | Blog, Minimum Wage
There are things you can see in front of your face, and then there are things that conservative “free market” ideologues tell you. One example is when they talk about the minimum wage. (An increase in the national minimum wage goes into effect today.) Conservative...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 30, 2009 | Blog
The Progressive Caucus and its allies are holding a press conference this afternoon to emphasize their bottom line on health care: If it doesn't have a strong public option, it does not get their vote. In fact, Progressive Caucus Chairman Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.,...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 30, 2009 | Blog
Amid the huge media pile-on that's gradually taking down the Birther fantasy, nobody's actually bothered to point out that almost every element of their argument is based on a near-total ignorance about how U.S. citizenship works. There's nothing like moving abroad...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 30, 2009 | Blog
Obama's opening speech set the stakes: "The relationship between the United States and China will shape the 21st century, which makes it as important as any bilateral relationship in the world." (emphasis added) The U.S., the world's largest debtor, met this...
by Bill Scher | Jul 29, 2009 | Blog
Pundits keep saying that the President is more popular than his policies, undercutting his mandate to take bold action. But on health care, the opposite is true. Last week, I noted that one W. Post reporter repeated the knee-jerk conventional wisdom, when in fact, his...
by Bill Scher | Jul 29, 2009 | Blog
Last week I noted that right-wing Birther conspiracy theorists were simultaneously fueling right-wing rage against health care reform, distorting perceptions of public opinion in Washington and making current legislation appear less popular than it actually is. Today,...
