Day: September 10, 2012

Strike! The union representing Chicago’s striking teachers says no progress has been made on the most contentious contract issues because the district didn’t submit any new offers. Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said the school board didn’t budge on proposals involving performance evaluations and recall rights for laid-off teachers….

If you’re reading this, you’re lucky, considering the fact that GoDaddy was hacked today, leaving tens of thousands of websites (if not more) unavailable. In light of today’s events with GoDaddy, we’ll be looking to move our hosting more local, so blogging from me may be light for the next…

Most of you who read this blog realize that Mitt Romney and our own Governor Scott Walker are huge proponents of growing the economy by reducing the onerous burden of regulations on small business. And you also realize that those very regulations often insure that we live in safe neighborhoods…

As reported by Mansur Gidfar up Upworthy, back in December 2011 during a campaign stop in New Hampshire, Mitt Romney decided to drop by Vietnam War veteran Bob Garon’s breakfast table for a quick photo-op. What Romney didn’t realize is that Garon was sitting with his husband, whom he had…

This is an excellent opinion piece by Democratic strategist Donna Brazile on what exactly labor unions have done – and continue to do for everyday Americans, including those who aren’t members of labor unions. What have unions done for us lately? Other than give us Labor Day, and a three-day…

Last week Lisa wrote about the nasty, gutter-style attacks being used against Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin by the campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson. While Ben Nemoir, who serves as Thompson’s political director, disavowed any connection between his attacks on Baldwin and the Thompson campaign, it’s…