What’s Wrong With America’s Economy in 2:15

Robert Reich on what’s wrong with our economy.

Point 5 has long been one of my biggest issues.  I characterize it as the Jay Gould phenomenon.

I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.

Understanding The Push For Voter ID Laws in America

It’s not hard to work out.  Seriously…

White Americans have officially passed a major … milestone as they now represent less than half of all births in the United States.

You’ve got to strip them of their rights before they know what it is they’re missing.  It’s easier that way.

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The Forever War on Women -or- The GOP is just the Tip of the Iceberg

It’s been a long, long, long war…

March 30th, 1912

To the Editor of The Times.

Sir,

After reading Sir Almroth Wright’s able and weighty exposition of women as he knows them the question seems no longer to be “Should women have votes?” but “Ought women not to be abolished altogether?”

I have been so [...]

Because Austerity Must SURELY be the Answer This Time!

Krugman Is Angry

And rightly so.

I may make jokes along the way – I kind of need to in order to stay sane – but the stuff I write about is extremely serious; there’s a vast human tragedy taking place, and anyone who has the ear of the public has a duty to make a good-faith [...]

The Economic Picture from the ACTUAL Far Left

The face of Socialism! (as imagined by the Tea Party)

Unlike The Phantom Menace version of Socialism paraded around at Tea Party rallies where Obama is compared to Stalin, there are actual socialists in the world who hold actual socialist views of what’s happening in the economy.  Sometimes it’s useful to listen to these [...]

BREAKING NEWS: Obama Endorses Marriage Equality

WOOT!

OBAMA: I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen [...]

The GOP Prepares for November!

They’re gonna be ready!  Are you?

The Left Triumphant!

In Europe, at least.  France has a new Socialist President, François Hollande.  While the Euro traded lower this morning (no surprise), the opposition in Germany, both politically and to the ongoing austerity pact with France, was energized.

Ms. Merkel’s political opponents, though, seemed cheered. Sigmar Gabriel, head of the opposition Social Democrats, said on Monday [...]

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

Never has the phrase “ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US” been so appropriate…  Paul Krugman points out in his latest OpEd over at The New York Times that the Republican Party has been completely captured by the 0.01%-ers and along with that comes a “base” of voters to keep the interests of the [...]