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...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog
This is the age of corporatized politics. That means we may admire our leaders, but we can't depend on them. We're paying the price for Thomas Jefferson's unfulfilled desire to "crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to...
by Richard Eskow | Sep 15, 2011 | Blog, Chained CPI
How much would you lose in benefits if President Obama makes a deal with the Republicans to cut Social Security? The Administration isn't denying reports that just such a deal is in the works. As the President prepares to meet with Congressional leaders tomorrow, the...
