by Sam Pizzigati | May 10, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has helped make a little medical history. The good doctor holds over 95 patents. He pulled off the first pig-to-human cell transplant to treat diabetes. And one of the drugs he designed and developed, Abraxane, keeps cancerous cells from...
by Bill Scher | May 10, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Donald Trump has a trick he likes to use when he wants to communicate two different messages to two different constituencies: incoherence. It doesn't take much to expose incoherence, yet it seems to flummox media headline writers who are itchy to summarize only one...
by Richard Eskow | May 10, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
A CSX freight train derailed in Washington, D.C. last week. The Washington Post reported that ethanol, which is colorless and highly flammable, was leaking out of one of the overturned cars in the accident’s immediate aftermath. The 14-car derailment also “spilled...
by Dean Baker | May 9, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
As the media erupt in fury over Donald Trump's comments on the debt, it is worth taking the opportunity to remind people that the interest burden on the national debt is near a post-World War II low. While the debt-to-GDP ratio rose sharply in the Great Recession,...
by Dave Johnson | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Going into the West Virginia primary, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has come out in opposition to a "lame duck" vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This takes her beyond her previous statements mildly opposing TPP. Clinton also made a strong...
by Terrance Heath | May 6, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week saw the end of both Ted Cruz’s and John Kasich’s presidential campaigns, as well as the death of modern conservatism — killed off by a guy who bears more than a passing resemblance to an Oompa Loompa. Well, he did it. Whatever else can be said about Donald...
