by Terrance Heath | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Americans were appalled this week, when video surfaced of Oklahoma University SAE fraternity brothers singing an incredibly racist tune. Wingnuts were appalled that the rest of the us were appalled. Family Research Council senior fellow Ken Blackwell blamed SAE’s...
by Bill Scher | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Winning the Congress has mainly given Republican a bushelful of problems, and a big one is right around the corner: How are they ever going to pass a budget? For years, the Republican House mocked the Senate Democrats for failing to pass a budget. It was an overblown...
by Bill Scher | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Several observers have commented on the condescending "Schoolhouse Rock" tone of Sen. Tom Cotton's open letter to Iran. He explains the basics of the U.S. Constitution to note that the "next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
On Friday, Politico reported that no members of House Republican leadership were going to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery. Thousands would attend, but House GOP leadership would be a no-show. Fifty years...
by Bill Scher | Mar 10, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
When we think of Citizens United putting our democracy for sale, we think of the Koch Brothers taking over the Republican Party and drowning our elections in attack ads. In fact, back during the 2013 shutdown I argued that the Supreme Court's campaign finance rulings...
by Bernie Horn | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
Last week’s column bemoaned the fact that average Americans believe unquestioningly in “free markets,” even though there are no such things. Indeed, every market relies on a dense web of laws and regulations. Subsidies, loopholes, grants, contracts, trade policy,...
