Will War Ever End?
I wrote recently about the possibility of outgrowing the use of war. Today I got a book in the mail that makes a strong argument intended as a tool for ending war.
Eliminate Filibuster and the Need to Debate Republicans
From the pains Democrats take to out-argue and/or to compromise with the fringe minority party called the Republicans you'd think no other course of action was available, specifically you'd have to assume that the filibuster – the power of senators representing 11 percent of us to block all work by the House and Senate – is written in stone.
American Workers to Senate: We Need Jobs Not Politics
As record numbers of American workers filed for unemployment benefits in the final days of January and new government data released Feb. 6 revealed that 598,000 more jobs were lost last month, Senators have stalled the president's economic recovery package.
Putting War Waste on the Chopping Block
In the ordinary course of things in Washington, D.C., and on television, there are two separate conversations. In one conversation, everything that the government spends money on (schools, transportation, police, etc.) must be trimmed back to save money.
The 'Buy American' Debate
Leo Gerard, president of the USW, among others, is quite bold in alleging that the domestic content provisions of the House stimulus bill do not violate international trade agreements.
The Right-wing's Weak Ideological Attack on the New Deal
A recent article for Money magazine trivializes the New Deal's role during the Great Depression. It reflects, in a simplistic and factually inaccurately way, what conservative historians have sought to argue about the New Deal, namely that it made the depression worse by its intervention in the economy.
