by Richard Eskow | Sep 16, 2011 | Blog
When it comes to the "Grand Bargain" they're pushing in Washington, the movie posters for The Fly said it best: Be afraid. Be very afraid. Othe people are using our lives as bargaining chips. Whether it's the so-called Congressional "Super Committee" or the...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog
We've been deferring maintenance of our infrastructure since the Reagan tax cuts - never mind modernizing to restore American competitiveness. It is something that has to be done anyway, and here we are with so many people needing work. It's just nuts. Millions of...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog
The NLRB proposes streamlining union elections. Companies that were for secret ballots last year are now against it. Conservatives say removing barriers to elections "rams elections through" and " foist unions on workers" and that We, the People (government) shouldn't...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog
"America, it is time to focus on nation building here at home," President Obama said in his nationwide address on Wednesday, as he announced a plan to withdraw our forces from Afghanistan "at a steady pace" between now and 2014. In his speech, the president set the...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog
Pop quiz: Can you list some specific, concrete military objectives we're trying to accomplish in Afghanistan? If so, please write them in the space provided below: If you felt you could fill out this form, here's part two of the quiz: Now write a speech uniting the...
by Bill Scher | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog
President Obama ramped up the pressure on congressional Republicans to accept the principle of shared sacrifice and stop shielding "millionaires and billionaires" from paying their fair share of the cost of deficit reduction. While the President did not embrace the...
