By PAUL KRUGMAN
It’s said that you can judge a man by the quality of his enemies. If the same principle applies to legislation, the Affordable Care Act — which was signed into law two years ago, but for the … Read more »
From The Progress Report.
The effects of climate change could be felt nationwide this winter. Almost 50 percent of the continental United States experienced extreme warm temperatures, the 4th highest number ever recorded. On Wednesday, 577 temperature records were broken … Read more »
By MAUREEN DOWD – The New York Times.
Hillary Clinton has fought for women’s rights around the world. But who would have dreamed that she would have to fight for them at home?
“Why extremists always focus on women remains … Read more »
By Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
During a speech at Wesleyan University last night, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia offered a strange revision of the time he joined with four of his conservative colleagues to make George W. Bush president:
At the … Read more »
By Charles P. Pierce, Esquire
There are those people who believe that, sooner or later, the Republicans will wise up and realize that they’re sucking around for a gender gap the size of the Bosporus. There also are those people … Read more »
By Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica.
Some like to point to cycles when dismissing climate change, brushing off warming as simply being the thing that happens right before cooling. In this view, concern about climate change is akin to the … Read more »
The New York Times.
Only one Senate Republican — Olympia Snowe of Maine, who is retiring — voted against a truly horrible measure on Thursday that would have crippled the expansion of preventive health care in America. The amendment, which … Read more »
By Robert Reich
Here’s the good news. The economic pie is growing again. Growth in the 4th quarter last year hit 3 percent on an annualized rate. That’s respectable – although still way too slow to get us back on … Read more »
By Jim Hightower
For Rep. Allen West, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is not just a policy matter, it’s a personal pocketbook issue. The Florida tea-party Republican (who, of course, blames President Obama for the increase) recently posted a message … Read more »
NationOfChange.org
Right-wing media are now resorting to mocking female university students’ health care needs and their call that religiously affiliated colleges and universities provide access to contraceptives. But studies have found that numerous benefits (medical, social, and economic) exist in … Read more »
