As I write this, Senator Rand Paul [R-KY] is still standing on the floor of the Senate, filibustering against the appointment of John Brennan
The student loan bubble is about to burst
The ever-insightful and knowledgeable Yves Smith, writing at Naked Capitalism, points to a potential trigger for the next economic crisis—the bursting of the massive
32 dumbest, most devastating sequester cuts
The 2013 budget sequester is like a houseguest that we sort of semi-invited a couple of years ago, who then took us up on
Free trade isn’t free
Picture this. Normal, IL, 1988. While walking my dog, I stopped to chat with a neighbor. When I told her I was moving to
Robocall says: “Impeach Obama”
The right-wing Obama hate squad called me today. A very excited roboman informed me that he was calling on behalf of the Conservative Majority.
Adlai Stevenson, the last real progressive candidate
In baseball, it’s often said that you have to be a good pitcher to be a twenty game loser. The reason is simple; if
It’s time to take responsibility for the Iraq War and its moral/financial consequences
Two recent pieces in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch helped me make some connections about why Republicans can’t stand to talk about how the unnecessary
Corporate advertising on the school bus and in your kid’s backpack
Here’s a riddle: What’s big, bright, and yellow, rides on four wheels, and markets junk food to kids five days a week? If you
What I saw at the “Forward on Climate” rally
350.org, The Sierra Club and The Hip Hop Caucus organized the largest environmental protest in US history, on February 17th, 2013, with attendance estimated
An animated fairy tale on taxes
This short animated fairy tale, written and directed by Fred Glass for the California Federation of Teachers and narrated by Ed Asner, explains, in