By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
The most troubling economic trend facing America this Labor Day weekend is the increasing concentration of income, wealth, and political power at the very top – among a handful of extraordinarily wealthy people – … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Paul Ryan’s speech Wednesday night may have accomplished one good thing: It finally may have dispelled the myth that he is a Serious, Honest Conservative. Indeed, Mr. Ryan’s brazen dishonesty left even his critics breathless.
Some of … Read more »
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/13188-deficit-hawk-hypocrites… Read more »
By Bill Moyers and Bernard Weisberger, Reader Supported News
We might wish the uproar from the convention halls of both parties these busy weeks were the wholesome clamor of delegates deliberating serious visions of how we should be governed for … Read more »
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/13139-how-much-will-the-romneyryan-medicare-plan-cost-you… Read more »
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/08/26/746071/10-year-bush-tax-cut/… Read more »
President Obama was in Colorado on Wednesday trying to solidify his lead among women, appearing at rallies with Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown Law student who made headlines when Rush Limbaugh called her a “slut” (for which he later apologized, in … Read more »
Bill Press
Tribune Media Services
In case you didn’t know, Congress is in recess. They’ve given themselves a five-week break. Unanimously. This week they voted “without objection” not to come back to Washington until Sept. 10.
I don’t blame you … Read more »
Excuse me, folks, but the weather is trying to tell us something. Listen carefully, and you can almost hear a parched, raspy voice whispering, “What part of ‘hottest month ever’ do you people not understand?”
According to the National Oceanic … Read more »
By Shelley Stonebrook, Mother Earth News
Germany, France and Italy have banned a class of potent pesticides called “neonicotinoids.” This class of pesticides includes imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam. Evidence linking these neonicotinoid pesticides to the honeybee decline known as colony … Read more »
