by Rev. William Barber | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
In 1950, fifteen years before the Selma-to-Montgomery march, William Faulkner, one of the South’s greatest authors, wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” In 2015, as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Faulkner’s insight is as true as...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
In what may be one of the dumbest political moves of the year so far, no Republican leaders will be going to the 50th anniversary ceremonies in Selma this weekend. Not a single one. They just never learn. Two years ago, Republicans were a no-show for the 50th...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
To Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, America's labor union members are the same as murderous, beheading, caged-prisoner-immolating ISIS terrorists. Exactly the same. That's what he told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) last week. The governor said that...
by Jim Hightower | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Health
p>The GOP-led House of Representatives has already achieved a historic legislative record. A record in futility, that is. And absurdity. In February, for the 56th time, they focused the entire array of brain cells in their 245-member caucus on an effort that would...
by Bernie Horn | Mar 1, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
Last week, when the Federal Communications Commission voted for net neutrality and changed the way the Internet is policed, conservatives fell back on their favorite myth. The right-wing media raged that it’s “a blow to the free market system.…” But there’s no such...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 27, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Papa Bear Roars Anyone with a YouTube account knows by now that Fox News Host Bill O’Reilly has a bit of a temper. [fve]http://youtu.be/2tJjNVVwRCY[/fve] When NBC news anchor Brian Williams falsely claimed that his helicopter was nearly shot down, as he covered the US...
