by Sean McMartin | Oct 27, 2011 | Blog, Economy
For most people Social Security cuts are something to be feared in the future, but for one group of people cuts in Social Security are already a real and present danger: the employees of the Social Security Administration. And these Social Security cuts are having a...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 27, 2011 | Blog, Education
Now that the mandate to run our nation's schools according to No Child Left Behind has utterly collapsed, and many of the best minds are suggesting that we move on, there is still a prevailing contingency seeking to not just prop up but expand many of the tenants of...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog
Watch this interview on taxes. Watch how fast the argument against taxing the wealthy turns into an argument against democracy. Below is a Wednesday Newshour with Richard Epstein of the New York University School of Law. In the interview Epstein claims that the...
by Roger Hickey | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog
The members of Congress' deficit-reduction "supercommittee" should be on notice: When the time comes to pay to clean up the mess that Wall Street’s excesses caused in our economy, Americans will not accept having the bill sent to seniors, the vulnerable, the ill and...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog
It was noteworthy when Peggy Noonan — Our Lady of the Dolphins — stepped into the role of the GOP's voice of reason, following the rise of Sarah Palin as its vice presidential nominee in 2008. It was a real eyebrow-raiser when David Brooks took on the task of talking...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog
The Republicans are obstructing the government from operating. Judges, appointees, NLRB members, etc. are blocked with the purpose of keeping government from doing its job. This is taking a terrible toll on We, the People. The President has the power to do something...
