by Dave Johnson | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog
Republican economics has been stated a thousand ways by a thousand (always paid) voices. But the basic idea behind all the schemes has been hard to pin down. Finally Republican front-runner Donald Trump has spelled it out in a way anyone can understand. Thursday’s...
by Richard Kirsch | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Education
Metropolis, Illinois, population 6,465, isn’t much of a metropolis. But when Reverend Orlando McReynolds moved to that small town on the Kentucky border two years ago to become the pastor at the First Missionary Life Center, he found the same thing he left behind in...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 20, 2015 | Blog
Donald Trump is rocking. Polls show him consolidating his lead over Republican presidential rivals and closing in hypothetical run-offs with Hillary Clinton. He crows about crowds bigger and more raucous than his rivals can draw. He dominates the news in the...
by Peter Daou | Aug 19, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision
I'm having PTSD. No, not from my war years in Beirut (I survived that) but from my time in John Kerry's war room in 2004, where I witnessed a brazen and shameful attack perpetrated against a decorated veteran's military service. That attack was aided and abetted by...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 18, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
In his extended "Meet the Press" interview, with Chuck Todd interrupting constantly, Republican front-runner Donald Trump advocated for a huge, huge giveaway of tax money to giant, multinational corporations, for a lower corporate tax rate and for a low minimum wage....
by Leo Gerard | Aug 18, 2015 | Blog, Trade
Confronted with a dire situation, a world power last week took strong action to secure its domestic jobs and manufacturing. That was China. Not the United States. China diminished the value of its currency. This gave its exporting industries a boost while...
