by Dave Johnson | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog
The student loan deal is badly needed. It should have just been extended - duh! But the 1 percenters took it hostage and demanded their pound of flesh before We, the People can preserve even this little bit of what we do for ourselves. So as part of the "sweetener"...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog
Economists Paul Krugman and Richard Layard, the latter of the London School of Economics, today posted a "Manifesto for Economic Sense" that lays out a sound framework for reviving the global economy. "I’ve been arguing for a long time that policy makers have...
by Roger Hickey | Jun 28, 2012 | Blog
The Supreme Court's narrow decision today that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional is a victory for all of us who defend the right of Americans to join together to impose new rules on the private health insurance industry—to require that they cover all...
by Terrance Heath | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog
The hubby and I were channel surfing last night and ended up watching Frontline. The feature story was "Dollars and Dentists". The more I watched, the more stomach churning it got. If the Supreme Court does a number on health care reform, this model could be waiting...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 27, 2012 | Blog
The House on Thursday voted to continue surface transportation programs for an additional 90 days, punting to shortly before the Democratic and Republican conventions the question of what our longer-term transportation policy should look like. Most House Democrats...
