by Alan Jenkins | Mar 6, 2012 | Blog
On March 1st, I had the honor of speaking at the memorial service for civil rights hero and respected jurist Judge Robert L. Carter. These were my reflections: I had the privilege of serving as Judge Carter’s Law Clerk in 1989. But years before that, I was sure that I...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 6, 2012 | Blog
Remember the fear in 2008? Think of the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Wall Street melting down. Pension savings disappearing. Housing values plunging and foreclosures skyrocketing. Three million workers losing their jobs. It had all the makings of...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 5, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney, in the latest permutation of his "pander-to-win" campaign strategy, has declared that he wants to take America back to the Age of Enron. Remember Enron? "The Smartest Guys in the Room"? <br /> Mitt Romney, just in time for Super Tuesday, says he...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 5, 2012 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
Conservatives like to talk about how well the economy did under Reagan, and how poorly it is doing now. Then they say that government "takes money out of the economy." But the difference in economic growth was that under Reagan the government was spending and hiring,...
by Sam Pizzigati | Mar 3, 2012 | Blog
A tax-the-rich bombshell has dropped in the presidential race. The French presidential race. But this bombshell’s blast will almost certainly reverberate elsewhere. Maybe even in the United States. Mainstream political leaders in the world’s developed nations have...
