by Terrance Heath | Aug 21, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
This week, Donald Trump gave the 2016 presidential election its best unofficial campaign slogan yet. Meanwhile, the Duggar family is proving harder to get rid of than a coldsore. BatTrump Donald Trump, the only billionaire candidate in the 2016 presidential race,...
by Jim Hightower | Aug 19, 2015 | Conservatism, Financial Reform, This Is The GOP
Phil Gramm, the former right-wing senator from Texas, has surprised me. I assumed he had zero charitable instincts. In office, he kept trying to kill safety net programs, such as food assistance: “We’re the only nation in the world where all our poor people are fat,”...
by Thom Hartmann | Aug 19, 2015 | Current Issues, Economy, Progressive Vision
Ann Coulter knows who she wants to be the Democratic nominee for president, and who that person is, well, it may surprise you. She wants Hillary Clinton to be the nominee, and thinks that if Bernie gets the nod, he’ll beat whoever the Republicans come up with to run...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 19, 2015 | Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Ten years later, the federal government’s response to Hurricane Katrina is a heartrending example of the consequences and human cost of conservative failure. Ten years after the poorest and most vulnerable in the areas hit by Hurricane Katrina were left to fend for...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 17, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown has put a "hold" on the nomination of Marisa Lago to be deputy U.S. trade representative. Brown says that his trade advisor is not allowed to see text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) unless he is present. The secrecy surrounding TPP...
by Roger Hickey | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016
Many young people are discovering a historical secret: There was a time, only a few decades ago, when almost all Americans could find a way to attend college or university (like the University of California or New York University) and emerge with a degree without...
