by Harvey J Kaye | Jun 9, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
If you ever doubt the powers of the past, just consider how much the Right fears them. It is a fear that drives them to continuously try to control the past and our memory of it: They try to deny history. They try to manipulate it. They try to suppress it. Indeed,...
by Richard Eskow | Jun 8, 2014 | Blog, Democracy
[fve]http://youtu.be/OMxwFn_YCgE[/fve] A few months back the filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin got some bad news. The PBS funding that they had counted on to complete their documentary on campaign financing was being withdrawn. This setback came not long after PBS...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
The safe release of an American POW is usually a cause for celebration. But there will be no yellow ribbons on the right for Army Sgt. Bowe Berghdal, who was released after being held by the Taliban for five years. Sgt. Bergdahl was the last American held by the...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Wednesday's trade balance report showed that just two years after signing a "free trade" agreement with South Korea we have reached a record monthly trade deficit of $2.3 billion with that country, up from $1.3 billion the month before. Now South Korea is attacking...
by Harvey J Kaye | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
On June 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan went to Normandy, France, to speak at events commemorating the 40th anniversary of D-Day. Addressing statesmen, dignitaries, and veterans of those landings and their families, he spoke eloquently and movingly, especially at...
by Robert Borosage | Jun 6, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
The May jobs report – 217,000 new jobs with unemployment rate unchanged at 6.3 percent – was largely as predicted. The U.S. economy has finally surpassed the peak jobs level reached before the Great Recession nearly five-and-one-half years later. The jobs growth is...
