by Stan Collender | Sep 4, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, This Is The GOP
It wasn't too long yesterday after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced his support for the president's position on Syria that the blogosphere erupted with speculation that the White House had cut a deal. Boehner, it was said, had quickly signed on to U.S....
by Joshua Holland | Sep 3, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, Shutdown
This summer’s heated battles over the implementation of “Obamacare” are a microcosm of a much larger and longstanding ideological clash over the role of the government in society. The hard-right is taking a scorched-earth approach, obstructing the law’s implementation...
by Greg Kaufmann | Aug 30, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Minimum Wage
There is much to celebrate in marking the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, as Congressman John Lewis rightly noted on Wednesday. “Sometime I hear people saying nothing has changed,” said Representative Lewis, “but for someone to...
by Digby | Aug 30, 2013 | Conservatism, Democracy, Economy
This new Washington Post story about the intelligence services black budget (taken from documents provided by the inveterate narcissist, Edward Snowden) is a real blockbuster. It's going to take some time to fully digest what it means, but this is what jumped out at...
by Chris Shillig | Aug 28, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
“Nobody got shot, eh?” he asked, explaining that stories about Mexico as a modern-day Wild West originate in towns just south of the U.S. border, about 27 hours away from the Caribbean beach where we stood. After all, he noted sadly, we had seen the people of the...
by Stan Collender | Aug 28, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy
As I've said before, I'm calling the end of this year's debate two things: budget bedlam and "#cliffgate." No matter which name you use, it will begin when Congress returns to Washington next week. There will be only 9 legislative days before fiscal 2014 starts on...
