The Obama We Elected…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-obamas-economic-speech-in-osawatomie-kans/2011/12/06/gIQAVhe6ZO_story.html
The Washington Post.
Good afternoon. I want to start by thanking a few of the folks who’ve joined us today. We’ve got the mayor of Osawatomie, Phil Dudley; your superintendent, Gary French; the principal of … Read more »
By ThinkProgress War Room
A Truly American Idea: An Economy That Works For Everyone.
“I hold that while man exists it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.”
“The absence of … Read more »
By GAIL COLLINS – New York Times.
You may have noticed that Congress is unpopular.
Really, really unpopular, actually. Only 9 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress has been doing its job, according to the latest New York … Read more »
Richard Brodsky – Huffington Post.
December has brought a sea-change to American politics. The absolutist anti-tax message embraced by Republicans and Democrats alike has begun to collapse, beginning in New York. And it spite of what you hear in the … Read more »
By Alex Seitz-Wald – ThinkProgress.org
Republican John Danforth, who served as a senator from Missouri for nearly 20 years and later as George W. Bush’s ambassador the United Nations, is not happy with the slate of Republican presidential candidates. “I’ve … Read more »
By Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Reader Supported News
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a longtime advocate for reform of the Federal Reserve, is sharply criticizing the Federal Reserve today after Bloomberg news reported that the Federal Reserve secretly committed nearly $8 trillion … Read more »
By Carl Gibson, Reader Supported News
If an immortal billionaire sociopath took an interest in politics, what sort of candidates or policies would they support? If there was such a person, their bottomless funds would draw the interest of mainstream … Read more »
By E.J. Dionne Jr – The Washington Post.
The deficit that should most worry us is a deficit of reasonableness. The problems the United States confronts are large but not insoluble. Yet sensible solutions that are broadly popular can’t be … Read more »
By Elizabeth Grossman, Yale Environment 360
The acidification of the world’s oceans from an excess of CO2 has already begun, as evidenced recently by the widespread mortality of oyster larvae in the Pacific Northwest. Scientists say this is just a … Read more »
By Paul Krugman
“We are the 99 percent” is a great slogan. It correctly defines the issue as being the middle class versus the elite (as opposed to the middle class versus the poor). And it also gets past the … Read more »
