by Terrance Heath | Jan 17, 2012 | Blog
It looks like the old joke about the weather — "If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and it'll change" — is also true about Newt Gingrich. If you don't like this Newt Gingrich, wait five minutes and he'll change. When it comes to his attack on Mitt...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 14, 2012 | Blog
The rich don't much like paying taxes when tax rates run high. They don't much like paying taxes when tax rates run low either. Any tax system that subjects rich people to high taxes is asking for trouble. Or so the politicians who cater to people of means incessantly...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog
"We could use a massive, dramatic confrontation on behalf of the more than 27 million who are unemployed or underemployed today," I wrote one year ago. "The spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. would certainly be in its midst." Little did I know when I wrote those words...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy
It looks like attacking Mitt Romney's Bain resume has become the bane of Newt Gingrich's campaign. In his latest flip-flop, Newt wants a do-over on his 28-minute Romney attack ad. Newt Gingrich has called on a pro-Gingrich super PAC to edit a 28-minute film attacking...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Here it comes again. This holiday weekend we'll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. But we'll hear very little about what he really was - a brave and visionary leader whose vision is as relevant today as ever. One year ago I listed ten quotes by Dr....
