by Terrance Heath | Jan 30, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
This week, we saw the beginning of the end of conservatives’ love affair with Sarah Palin (maybe), and almost said farewell (but probably not goodbye) to a regular on “Wingnut Week In Review.” From Rogue to Reject It took them long enough. After her incoherent,...
by Dean Baker | Jan 28, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth, Retirement Security
The Republican Congress decided to make overhauling the Social Security disability program one of its first orders of business. On the first day of the new session it put in place a rule change that would make it difficult to address the shortfall the program is...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 27, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth
After five years of protests, demonstrations and strikes, Greek citizens voted to throw off five years of crushing austerity. Their victory has emboldened populist parties across Europe, and should inspire Americans to resist austerity here at home. The victory of...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 27, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy
Reaganomics, the plot to appease the rich and condemn the rest, got its comeuppance last week in President Obama's State of the Union speech. The President asked: "Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well?" That's the trickle-down economy...
by Bill Scher | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
[fve]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODbmKWOyAZI[/fve] Many people are having a good laugh watching Sarah Palin's unintentionally hilarious speech to a conservative gathering in Iowa over the weekend. But Palin is never going to get anywhere near the White House....
by Bernie Horn | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism, Financial Reform, Progressive Vision
For years, conservatives used “wedge issues” to split moderates from progressives—measures like criminalizing flag burning, cutting “welfare,” and (until recently) banning same-sex marriage. They still do that, of course, but the Tea Party has forced conservatives to...
