by Terrance Heath | Feb 6, 2012 | Blog
I wrote earlier that Newt Gingrich's campaign is one of mutually assured destruction for the GOP. No one, I wrote, has to lift a finger to destroy Newt Gingrich. Just stand back, give him room, and he'll do it himself. The thing is, you want to stand way, way back —...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 6, 2012 | Blog
Not long ago, in A Win For Labor - FAA Bill Drops Anti-Union Language, I wrote that, "negotiators have dropped the anti-union language for votes to start a union. Republicans were insisting that no-shows be counted as "No" votes. Delta's check must have been mailed...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 5, 2012 | Blog
Any resemblance between democracy and U.S. Presidential politics has become, in our new super PAC era, purely coincidental. The only mystery: Why aren't billionaires placing even bigger bets? Life sometimes imitates art. Life also sometimes imitates political cliché....
by Dave Johnson | Feb 4, 2012 | Blog
This is Part II of Companies As Buy-And-Sell Commodities. See Part I, Companies As Buy-And-Sell Commodities - Workers, Customers and Country As Costs. Also see Wall Street's War Against the Real Economy & We, the People. In Part I I wrote about a pattern we see over...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 4, 2012 | Blog
This is Part I of Companies As Buy-And-Sell Commodities. See Part II, Caught In A Machine That Grinds Us Up. Also see Wall Street's War Against the Real Economy & We, the People. As we consider what we need to do to get our economy working again it is useful to look...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 4, 2012 | Blog
The Susan G. Komen foundation has reversed its defunding of Planned Parenthood, at least temporarily, but the falsehoods and hypocrisy haven't ended. An investigation has revealed that at least four other organizations have received Komen money while under Federal...
