by Digby | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Despite the fact that this past weekend featured a Democratic Party presidential deb ate, the news continues to be Donald Trump and the GOP race. One assumes the press was not interested in the debate simply because the three candidates are professional, intelligent,...
by Harvey J Kaye | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Commencement Address at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay – December 19, 2015 [fve]https://youtu.be/myYP72glMwY[/fve] Commencement speakers usually call on graduates to embrace the future. But I’m going to call on you to do something else: I am going to urge you...
by Bill Scher | Dec 21, 2015 | Blog
The following is an excerpt. Read the article in its entirety at Real Clear Politics. Presidential scholars have a term to describe the typical experience of a chief executive who wins re-election to the White House. It’s called the “second-term curse.” There’s...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Donald Trump’s supporters are now yelling “Seig heil!,” and calling for a black man to be burned alive. Can we call them fascists now? Can we call them racists now? Well, here we are. It finally happened. It was inevitable, really. It’s been coming almost from the...
by Bill Moyers | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Television news has gone off its rocker and turned our politics into the equivalent of a freak show’s hall of mirrors. The networks have grasped Donald Trump to their collective bosom like the winner of one of those misogynistic,...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Republicans put a surprise sneak law into the big, last-minute "omnibus" budget bill: It bans the administration from making companies and "charities" disclose who is putting up the baksheesh money for political campaigns. The president has to sign it or the...
