by Dave Johnson | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
There used to be something called "the HP Way." This was the description of the way Hewlett-Packard (HP) conducted its business and treated its employees and customers. Management was informal, and the majority of the company’s engineers worked in an open environment,...
by Leo Gerard | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision, This Is The GOP
Last week, Scott Walker one-upped the gang of GOP presidential candidates all jostling for the coveted Republican title of Best Billionaire Bootlicker. He accomplished that by announcing with pomp and fanfare that, unlike those other Republican pansies, a President...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States begins with his arrival in Washington D.C. on Tuesday afternoon. From the nation’s capital he goes to its economic capital, New York City, before concluding his trip with a visit to the nation’s birthplace in...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Last week Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker tried to give his faltering presidential campaign a boost by proposing to essentially get rid of unions in the U.S. His proposals included banning government-employee unions, abolishing the National Labor Relations Board, creating...
by Bernie Horn | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog
Recently, The New York Times published a front-page story headlined “Murder Rates Rising Sharply in Many U.S. Cities.” Much of the media have run similar reports, including USA Today, Reuters and Time. First we must consider whether the storyline is entirely true....
by Bill Scher | Sep 21, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
"We don't know what he's going to say until he says it," a White House aide says of Pope Francis. Pope Francis arrives in America on Tuesday, meets with President Obama on Wednesday, addresses Congress on Thursday and then the United Nations on Friday. But no one...
