by Dave Johnson | Apr 23, 2012 | Blog
"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time." This quote shows how far the Republican Party has drifted... (Hint: the quote is attributed to the party's founder. The...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 22, 2012 | Blog
In Sunday's NY Times Tom Friedman fights hard to keep his ranking at the top of blogger honor lists. Friedman's op-ed Down With Everything is a masterpiece of false equivalence. In it, Friedman identifies various problems with our political system while he obscures...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 22, 2012 | Blog
Over two years ago, the IRS announced an ambitious new effort to subject the super rich to unprecedentedly intensive audits. How's that effort working out? Most lawmakers would rather you not ask. Every once in a while, our plutocrats drop all democratic pretense and...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 20, 2012 | Blog
Are we "going the way of Greece?" Should we cut spending to head off a "debt crisis" here? Conservatives in Europe and America say cutting back on what democracies do for their citizens is the solution to our economic troubles because it will bring economic growth...
