Watching the expansive media coverage of the right-wing Tea Partiers’ meeting in February, I’m wondering if a similar, lefty meeting would receive equal attention.
Category: Politics
Not your father’s GOP
Actually the Republican and Democratic parties collaborated quite a bit well into the 20th century. They had to, because both parties were populated by both liberals and conservatives. Republicans and Democrats crossed party lines to advance their causes.
Senator McCaskill: Please Lead!
In a recent posting in ShowMeProgress, a blogger going by the name of Willy K, residing in southwest Missouri reports on an exchange of
Democrats can also learn civility from Coffee Party
While the political philosophy of the Coffee Party is evolving on a day-by day basis, a constant principle seems to be a commitment towards a civil political dialogue. This in itself separates the party from Tea Baggers.
A progressive supporting the Tea Baggers
An honest Tea Bagger would ask of a government employee to spend his or her time focused on his or her job. Barack Obama has a day job; it’s called being president of the United States. Claire McCaskill has a day job; it’s called being a U.S. Senator.
Campaign ethics 101
If you’re not sure how to be ethical in a Missouri election campaign, you can find out by watching a new, on-line tutorial posted
Coffee Party (the progressive alternative to the tea party movement)
A few weeks ago, a young woman named Annabell Park was talking to a few of her progressive friends about how to counter the
Will Congress help shareholders see corporations’ election spending?
Three new bills introduced in Congress offer a modest counterbalance to the wide-open corporate spending in election campaigns enabled by the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. The
UCubed: A New Union for the Unemployed
I’m really hoping this catches on because it provides local support and empowerment for the unemployed while simultaneously strengthening their political voice on the
Letting go of our economic myths and fantasies
America is supposed to be the land of opportunity, where people who work hard can create wealth and security for themselves and their families.