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...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Progressive Vision
The second Republican Presidential candidate debate is tonight. The ratings for the first one were through the roof and tonight's is also expected to be a ratings blockbuster. People are interested and tuning in to the campaign and the Republicans are getting all the...
by Dean Baker | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
NPR had a bizarre piece on the Labor Department's new overtime rules which seemed intended to undermine support for them. These rules would increase from $23,660 to $50,440, the floor under which salaried workers would automatically qualify for overtime regardless of...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 16, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
When "Jeb!" Bush started campaigning for president, people starting asking, "Wait, was W the smart one?" Now the rest of the Republican candidates are causing people to ask, "Wait, is Trump the reasonable one?" Wednesday night we will all get a chance to see the next...
by James A. Haught | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
One of my history-minded friends has a long-range political view summed up in three words: Liberals always win. Complex social struggles may take centuries or decades, he says, but they eventually bring victory for human rights, more democratic liberties and other...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Anti-gay Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis has gone back to work, and back to square one. Although she shows no signs of going away, conservatives want Davis’ saga to be over — and soon. Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who went to jail rather than issue — or...
