by Dave Johnson | Oct 31, 2011 | Blog
Please forward this to friends, relatives, "centrists" and conservatives you know. You may have heard about the "Occupy" protests that are occurring in cities around the country. They aren't what you are hearing. Please come to one and see for yourself. If you are...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 31, 2011 | Blog
This week the Senate will take up another proposal by the Obama administration to create jobs and move the country closer to economic recovery, this one a $60 billion plan for immediate spending on the nation's roads, bridges, public transportation systems and other...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 31, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Texas Governor Rick Perry touts himself as the most conservative candidate who is electable. He prays with the fundamentalists, hunts with the Second Amendment gang, decries federal tyranny with the 10th Amendment crowd, and “pokes” around with the birthers. He just...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 30, 2011 | Blog
What do they call the night before Halloween? Oh, yeah. Hell night. That makes tonight just right for grabbing a fistful of mashmallows and candy corn before sitting down to read this article. It'll make your blood run cold, and afterwards you'll probably agree: It's...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 30, 2011 | Blog
A Huffington Post commenter responding to my recent piece on the Washington Post's recent Social Security article by saying that I "claimed 'inaccuracies, falsehoods, and downright lies' but delivered problems of tone, and emphasis." Then, and without irony, the...