by Dave Johnson | May 6, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
This week's news reports make it seem as if President Obama might be preparing to jump into the Republican presidential primaries, using trade as his issue. He should be careful, though: That's a (very) crowded field, and using trade to empower corporations over...
by Bill Scher | May 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Thursday election in Great Britain will be a fascinating case study on multiple levels. Can an incumbent party survive a record of austerity? How can a party recover from past failures on the economy? Can the left side of the ideological spectrum come to agreement on...
by Dave Johnson | May 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the March goods and services trade deficit was $51.4 billion. This was an increase of $15.5 billion, or 43.1 percent, from the revised figure of $35.9 billion in February. March exports were $187.8 billion, up $1.6 billion...
by Terrance Heath | May 5, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016, This Is The GOP
For a brief, shining moment, Carly Fiorina was all over the media after announcing her candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. That’s probably because she made a point of turning her presidential bid into “this weird girl fight” with Clinton, as...
by Terrance Heath | May 5, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Two more candidates joined the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Monday. Of the two, retired brain surgeon Ben Carson is the one likely to have the most impact. That makes it frightening how much Carson just doesn’t get. Carson went back to his roots...
by Hugh Espey | May 4, 2015 | Blog, Populist Majority, Progressive Vision
A few weeks ago, Hillary Clinton did a well-staged, two-day swing through Iowa, meeting with small groups of people and some media along the way. Afterwards she said we have some great ideas for a better future. She’s right about that, and she’s right that this...
