by Bill Scher | Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016
After Carly Fiorina said at the Republican debate, "If you want to stump a Democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Mrs. Clinton," Politico Magazine tested the proposition and asked 20 Democrats. I was asked, and I was not stumped. Here is my contribution:...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Before turning on the Republican debate on Wednesday night, I had begun writing an article on Hillary Clinton’s alarmingly bellicose foreign policy ideas. But Hillary’s hawkish stance is a portrait of restraint in contrast to the adolescent muscle flexing and locker...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
Private prisons with a profit incentive to put more and more people in jail? Lobbyists exerting influence against releasing prisoners so their companies can make more money? Contracts requiring governments to imprison a certain number of people for a minimum amount of...
by Bill Scher | Sep 17, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
You might think that three hours is enough time for a presidential debate to offer up ideas on how to grow the economy. You might think that a group of 11 people with such varied backgrounds – two CEOs, three senators, five current and former governors and one doctor...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Economy
As of midday today, it remains unclear whether or not the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates on Thursday. If it does, it will be the first time rates have been raised since June 2006. Why is this even a matter of debate? For one thing, it appears that the Fed...
by Donald Kaul | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
To hear Republican presidential candidates tell it, you’d think the most important issue facing the nation is Hillary Clinton’s old emails. Not climate change, not the growing gap between the filthy rich and the deserving poor, and not our crumbling roads, declining...
