by Bill Scher | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
There are substantive differences between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Single-payer vs. individual mandate. Break up the big banks vs. regulate the big banks. Tuition-free college vs. debt-free college. "Leave it in the ground" vs. a more gradual shift away...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Ford Motor Company announced this week that it will close all operations in Japan and Indonesia this year, because it sees "no reasonable path to profitability." Last year GM pulled out of Indonesia. What does it say that they are doing this with the Trans-Pacific...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 26, 2016 | Election 2016, Progressive Vision
For those who have been closely watching the Democratic presidential contest between Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders, Tuesday night's Iowa town hall discussion on CNN did not reveal anything dramatically new about the candidates. But it perhaps...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will likely be back in the news at least for a brief moment next week, when the treaty comes up for a formal signing ceremony involving representatives of the 12 participating countries, including the United States. The agreement...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Just like a cold sore, Sarah Palin’s back, again. And just like every time before, it’s not pretty. Not pretty at all. She turned up in Ames, Iowa this week, dressed to draw attention to herself in a fringe-laden sweater that looked like something picked up at Dolly...
by Bill Scher | Jan 22, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Rush Limbaugh made a startling admission on Wednesday, in the course of discussing the staying power of Donald Trump and the value of the Sarah Palin endorsement: "It's now out in the open that the Republican conservative base is not monolithically conservative ......
