by Dave Johnson | Sep 6, 2012 | Blog
You have to see Death By China! Today on the Fairness Radio radio show I talked with Peter Navarro, director of the new movie Death By China. This is a documentary about the United States’ trade relationship with China, and the harm that has been done to our country,...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy
First, let me be clear: I take no credit for the messaging or themes of first two nights of the Democratic convention. But in some of the most talked about speeches of the last two nights, I heard echoes of ideas I've been writing about for years. No, it doesn't...
by | Sep 6, 2012 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Michelle Obama's speech last night got rave reviews. (If you didn't see it, you can watch it here.) It was a very well written and well-delivered speech, personal and yet political, subtly showing the differences between the Obama worldview and the Romney worldview....
by Richard Eskow | Sep 6, 2012 | Blog, Financial Reform
Here's a new Zen riddle: What is the sound of money not talking? Sure, it talks sometimes. We heard it loud and clear at the Republican Convention. But sometimes the sound of money in politics is the sound of silence. It's the sound of crooked bankers being let off...
by Robert Borosage | Sep 6, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
The old dawg can still hunt. At the top of his game, gaining energy from the crowd, Bill Clinton, the “old country boy from Arkansas” tore it up last night in Charlotte. Political junkies, pundits of all stripes, and Democratic activists were agog, watching the...
by Bill Scher | Sep 6, 2012 | Blog
Democrats have been increasingly frustrated that not even an army of fact-checkers has been able shame the Romney-Ryan campaign from stopping their lies about Medicare savings, welfare requirements, the Janesville GM plant and more. The shamelessness is unlikely to...
