by Bill Scher | Oct 22, 2010 | Blog
It's been 20 months since Barack Obama was inaugurated, and five years since George Bush's attempt to privatize Social Security were completely rejected by the public. How have conservatives reacted to their decades-long futile attempt to destroy the popular pillar of...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
The Canton, Ohio "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall meeting was at the Kent State University Stark Campus this evening. Lieutenant Governor and Senate candidate Lee Fisher spoke. His opponent, Rob Portman, (U. S. Trade Representative under George W. Bush) was also...
by Bill Scher | Oct 15, 2010 | Blog
It's been 20 months since Barack Obama was inaugurated, 19 months since the Recovery Act began investing billions in producing clean energy, 16 months since the House passed carbon cap legislation and 10 months since the EPA declared it was obligated, following a...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 12, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The foreclosure fraud scandal is a big deal (or a big "effin'" deal, as Joe Biden might say). But its real significance is an even bigger deal. Foreclosure fraud is one domino, and if it falls others will follow. The result could be an end to the "invisible bailout" -...
by Bill Scher | Oct 8, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
It's been 20 months since Barack Obama was inaugurated, and two months since Wall Street reform was signed into law, and two weeks since Elizabeth Warren was appointed to set up the first agency designed to protect consumers of financial products. It may be in vogue...
