Charlie Pierce has written an extremely powerful piece, “The Cynic and Senator Obama,” in this month’s Esquire. Whatever you may think of it - it’s an important criticism, made more moving by Pierce’s love for an America lost (and feared forever lost). I got there via Ezra Klein’s post, which is also well […]
Republicans have a real problem. The GOP has ruled the United States for the last seven years with President Bush, a Republican majority congress (or a minority practicing unprecedented legislative obstructionism (and here)) and a majority [in the] Supreme Court (not to mention lower courts). But despite Republicans holding the reins of power […]
[Hat tip to Matt Yglesias]
I haven’t read Charles Karelis’ recent book (nor had I heard of him for that matter) but what struck me about his argument that poverty traps people because they have too many “problems to be alleviated” was that it sounds reasonable, compelling and not that surprising. The first thing I […]
Today John “I’ve Embraced Bush” McCain will appear in Illinois’ 14th District at a $1,000 a plate fundraiser for GOP Congressional Candidate Jim “Bush has it Right” Oberweis. Jim Oberweis likes to talk about ‘common people’ - but it’s hard to imagine too many of his Oberweis ice cream store workers can fork over […]
Democratic Congressional Candidate John Laesch held a press conference on November 19th (video below). The press conference was mostly about 14th District Republican Candidate Jim Oberweis’ mailing promoting the use of biometric ID cards for employment as a way to combat illegal immigration - a topic picked up by the Daily Herald last Wednesday. […]
1. “If the distribution of income in the U.S. today were the same as it was in 1979, and the U.S. had enjoyed the same growth, the bottom 80 percent would have about $670 billion more, or about $8000 per family a year.” Where did that money go and what changed? The top 1% […]
As a follow-up to yesterday’s low wage blog entry, today’s New York Times cites 2006 Census figures that paint the low-wage picture - three consecutive years of declining average American wages, household income still below 2001’s figures, and an increase of 2.2 million uninsured Americans to total 47 million who lack health insurance (the numbers […]
From today’s New York Times in Appleton, WI, where going to see your kid play basketball at an away game can lead you to losing your kids.
Recently this explanation from James Livingston, a history professor I should have taken at Rutgers.
[Hat tip John Judis.]
[Hat tip Kevin.]
Michael O’Hare has a very nice (and snarky) take on new immigration policy that will cross-reference Social Security numbers and force employers to fire workers with false numbers. It’s a good take - but my guess is that he’s wrong about how it will play out. The move may force Bush’s […]
[Hat tip Aaron Halegua.] It took place on the corner of W Republican and 1st W - you couldn’t ask for more symbolism. United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) members in the Puget Sound, representing 20,000 workers, demonstrated what has happened over the last five years while grocery store profits increased 216% and […]
