by Richard Eskow | Nov 12, 2012 | Blog
Every year our leaders honor our nation's veterans with flags and parades. Are they also about to betray them this year with a backroom deal? Words won't be enough this time. Our returning warriors need - and deserve - jobs, opportunity, and a thriving Social Security...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 12, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
Anyone who has read The Shock Doctrine understands exactly what this "Fiscal Cliff" scare is. If you have already read The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein you have probably been rolling your eyes at all this "Fiscal Cliff" scare talk. "Here they go again" you're...
by Digby | Nov 9, 2012 | Blog
By Digby As I wrote yesterday, I agree with David's post below. I honestly think that ideology probably mattered far less than a rejection of the general meanness and lack of empathy shown by Republicans over these last few years of hard times. I guess I'm just a...
by Roger Hickey | Nov 9, 2012 | Blog, Economy
In addressing the deficit today, President Obama opened his remarks with the crucial truth: “at a time when our economy’s still recovering from the great recession, our top priority has to be jobs and growth. That’s the focus of the plan that I talked about during the...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 9, 2012 | Blog
After many years in the workforce, most of them spent working in Washington, DC, I firmly believe you can tell an awful lot about people by they way they treat those who work for or under them. Those relationships can reveal a lot about how someone sees the world and...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 9, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
It's possible to feel sorry for Mitt Romney, as one human being to another. Apparently he really didn't believe he could possibly lose and now he's "shell-shocked." Guess he didn't listen to all the experts who said he was going to lose. Forget Nate Silver: Bob Dylan...