by Leo Gerard | Sep 11, 2012 | Blog
Damn right America is better off than it was four years ago. Four years ago was September 2008. George W. Bush was president and Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers was collapsing. It was a time of fear. It was a time of panic about the future. Recalling that anxiety is...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 10, 2012 | Blog
It's always amusing when God (if — and I know I risk losing a huge chunk of readers by writing this — there is one) gets dragged into politics. After all, with an entire universe to run (unless you're a Deist of the Thomas Jefferson variety), you have to admit it's...
by Roger Hickey | Sep 10, 2012 | Blog
President Obama is enjoying a post-convention bump in job approval (Gallup says 7 percentage points – from 45 to 52 percent) after the negative and divisive Republican convention, followed by the energetic populism of the Democrats in Charlotte. With large leads among...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 10, 2012 | Blog, The Sequester
You might be hearing about the "Fiscal Cliff." And you might be hearing about a "Grand Bargain." You certainly have heard about "Simpson Bowles." You will be hearing more and more about these strangely-named things because the usual suspects are cranking up the usual...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 9, 2012 | Blog
Corporate execs and billionaire ideologues are creating — at taxpayer expense — a network of schools where learning takes a back seat. The sounds of September: school bells ringing, looseleaf binders snapping open, sneakers squeaking on gymnasium floors. Next to apple...
