Politics
Discussion of the days political events.
President Obama Address to Joint Session of Congress on Health Care (Full Text)
Click here for the full Video Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on [...]
The War Against American Progress
The breathtaking battle that is taking place in America today over health care is deeply troubling in many ways, but the principle factor behind this contentious war is one that goes to the heart of our democracy. It is a corrupting power so intertwined with our American dream that it is arguably protected by our [...]
For Most Americans, The Worst Consequences of The Economic Crisis Are Yet To Come
If you read the newspapers, watch the news, and search the internet for new of the economic crisis, you will get the impression that the global recession is easing and may soon “bottom out.” The Obama Administration’s stimulus package, coupled with a infusion of funds into the banking system by TARP and the Federal Reserve, [...]
Sotomayor’s Appointment Highlights a Time When Public Housing Was a Place of Hope
There are many wonderful things about Sonia Sotomayor’s appointment to the US Supreme Court, but one of special interest to me, as a scholar of Bronx history, is the way it highlights an era when public housing was a place of hope and possibility for working class families in the borough. Today, public housing is [...]
Is Sarah Palin Pregnant…With John McCain’s Child?
– This is an April Fools Article…Got you! – Senator John McCain had no comment when asked Wednesday morning about rumors that Sarah Palin, the former Vice Presidential candidate and 2012 GOP Presidential hopeful, is pregnant and the child may be his. Rumors began after a highly secretive doctors visit by the Alaska state Governor, [...]
Worldwide “Trickle Down” of Economic Collapse
Drip. Drip. Drip. This morning, an otherwise beautiful wintry Friday morning, brings with it something far more chilling than any cold front. With the failure of the big 3 automotive bailout in the United States we look forward to an economic outlook more imperiled than any we have seen in generations. It is not simply [...]
Time to Use the “D” Word: “Recession” Doesn’t Begin to Describe Where The US Economy is Headed
For the last three months, as the American economy has gone into a free fall, economists and political leaders have parceled out the bad news in small, allegedly manageable proportions. Yesterday, the National Bureau of Economic Research finally confirmed what virtually every small business owner has known for some time- that the US economy is [...]
Solution to the Economic Crisis Requires Raising Wages and Redistributing Income
The roots of the current economic crisis in the United States are strikingly similar to those which provoked the Great Depression of the 1930′s. In each instance, the economic collapse followed a long period of economic expansion in which profits far outpaced wages, leading to massive speculation in unregulated financial products and the stimulation of [...]
Post-Partisan Success Under President Obama
No one will ever accuse me of being a primarily bi-partisan fellow. I am however an enormous fan of good government, and a properly functioning Democracy, and in that light the victory of Saxby Chambliss here in the Georgia runoff yesterday has a silver lining. I supported Jim Martin whole-heartedly for a number of reasons, [...]
The Honesty of a Joke: Political Cartoons and Barack Obama
I will begin collecting political cartoons that focus on the historical significance of the Obama Presidency, both in the substance of its work and the reality of its very being. Enjoy these beginning few. By Steve Kelly Auth By Jack Ohman By Don Wright by Dan Wasserman By Nick Anderson By Steve Benson By David [...]
