by Terrance Heath | Feb 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Last week, former New York Mayor and failed GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani ruined a quiet dinner, where anti-tax Republicans were vetting Wisconsin governor and possible presidential candidate Scott Walker, when he became the latest Republican to question...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
This week a new wave of protests is expected in Madison, Wisconsin, in reaction to a sudden new set of anti-worker laws from Governor Walker and the state's Republican leadership. The state's union leadership is asking people to come to the capitol on Tuesday and...
by Bernie Horn | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
In state legislatures, 2015 is the right wing’s best chance to enact the most extreme legislation. The right now controls more state legislatures than at any time since the 1920s. This opportunity is fleeting. Because of increased voter turnout in presidential years,...
by Richard Eskow | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Democracy
Last week the nation was treated to the sad and embarrassing spectacle of Jeb Bush, mollycoddled scion to an empire of failure, proclaiming that "I'm my own man." Here's a simple rule of thumb: Anyone who has to say he's his own man, or woman, isn't. The 62-year-old...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
The furor following Rudolph Giuliani’s ugly slur against President Obama has distracted from what poses a far greater threat to the country than the vile rantings of a washed-up big city pol. Republicans, joined by some Democrats, are fanning the flames of war,...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 20, 2015 | Conservatism
American Jihad? The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has outraged the world with suicide bombings and videos depicting the brutal executions of its captives. This was after ISIS claimed that it would humiliate American soldiers and “raise the flag of Allah” over...
