Most of its provisions have not even gone into effect yet, but according to Forbes there is solid proof that Obama’s health insurance reform is already working. One of the major goals of reform was to reduce the number of people without health care insurance, and in the first quarter of 2011 alone at least […]
© Jen Sorensen I wonder who first started calling them entitlements? Is this another example of Republican framing?
So far, presidential candidate Herman Cain is the winner of the “most crass use of 9/11 for political gain award” for this bizarre tribute video: Former Republican congressman and now cable morning show host Joe Scarborough can at least sing in his tribute video:
© Matt Bors UPDATE: From Paul Krugman: Is it just me, or are the 9/11 commemorations oddly subdued? Actually, I don’t think it’s me, and it’s not really that odd. What happened after 9/11 — and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not — was deeply shameful. […]
Ever get the feeling that you’re being had by all the “law and order” politicians who keep screaming that we have to get tough on criminals (cough, Rick Perry, Ric Scott, JD Alexander)? Even though the US incarcerates more people than any other country on earth. Well, you are being had, and the con is […]
Jon Stewart explains who won the Republican debate. And why the pundits don’t get it.
Mike Lofgren has a detailed and compelling write-up about what’s wrong with the Republican Party and our political system in general. And he should know, he used to be a GOP operative and a congressional staffer. If you ever wanted to read a clear description of what happened to the Republican party, this is it. […]
Conservatives like to harp on how high corporate taxes and excessive regulations are killing small businesses, and the best way to create jobs is to cut taxes. But as an owner of several small businesses, I’ve always known that was a lie. It is absolutely silly to think that businesses hire employees when their taxes […]
© Clay Bennett Even though Michele Bachmann won the straw poll in Iowa, she has been trailing badly since then, and is struggling now in fourth place behind Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, and Ron Paul. Perry is currently the Tea Party flavor of the month, but it will be interesting to see how he does […]
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich has an excellent article in the NY Times about the rather direct correlation to how well the middle class is doing to how well the economy does. (Memo to supply-siders: trickle down economics does not work, and has never worked. It is, as George Bush Sr. put it in […]
© Clay Bennett Given the high unemployment rate, and the attacks on unions and the labor movement in general, is there much to celebrate on this Labor Day?
© Matt Bors When will the “Drill Baby, Drill” crowd wake up and realize that even if we open for drilling up every last potential source for oil, we will still eventually run out of oil? And meanwhile, destroy our environment, our health, and keep having to fight wars to keep the oil flowing. We […]
[by Cliff Schecter] Towards the beginning of the original Terminator film, Kyle Reese, who has come back to the past to save Sarah Connor – whose spawn will save mankind – lets her know what she’s facing in her new cybernetic stalker. “Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can’t be bargained with. […]
Obama requested a joint session of Congress next Wednesday at 8pm so that he can lay out his agenda for increasing employment. But the Republicans objected, since that is when one of their (more than 20) Republican presidential candidate debates is taking place, and accused Obama of playing politics — even though this debate is […]
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