by Terrance Heath | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
On Friday, Politico reported that no members of House Republican leadership were going to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. Thousands would attend, but House GOP leadership would be a no-show. Fifty years...
by Bill Scher | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
When we think of Citizens United putting our democracy for sale, we think of the Koch Brothers taking over the Republican Party and drowning our elections in attack ads. In fact, back during the 2013 shutdown I argued that the Supreme Court's campaign finance rulings...
by Bill Scher | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog
Yesterday on MSNBC's "Up With Steve Kornacki," I discussed my recent POLITICO Magazine analysis "What If Hillary Bows Out?" Of course, the former Secretary is highly likely to run, recent flaps notwithstanding. But exploring the matter is a way to assess the...
by Bernie Horn | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
Last week’s column bemoaned the fact that average Americans believe unquestioningly in “free markets,” even though there are no such things. Indeed, every market relies on a dense web of laws and regulations. Subsidies, loopholes, grants, contracts, trade policy,...
by Rev. William Barber | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
In 1950, fifteen years before the Selma-to-Montgomery march, William Faulkner, one of the South’s greatest authors, wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” In 2015, as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Faulkner’s insight is as true as...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Trade
Trade is great. We all trade. A lot of us trade labor for money that buys other things. A farmer trades corn for money that buys other things, and so on. No one is "against trade." But is anything called "trade" always good for all involved? Imagine you're a farmer...
