Todd Rokita Threatens Political Opponents
For the last few months, Secretary of State (and current Congressional candidate) Todd Rokita has been on a campaign against the Indiana State Teachers Association. He’s repeatedly insinuated, while offering no evidence, that the ISTA has commingled political funds with…
Buying Hoosier Elections, Then and Now
This is the 3rd installment in a series of posts. See my previous entries: Who’s Buying Hoosier Elections – a look at the outside groups spending money in Indiana’s Congressional elections Which Hoosier Elections Are Being Bought – a race-by-race…
Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi on the narcissism of the Tea Party
While I’m not one to mind some adult words thrown into an article, Taibbi seems to rely on profanity as a crutch in his writing. But buried in his four-lettered vocabulary are some important insights. Taibbi realizes, as I’ve argued…
GOP plans to add $4 Trillion to deficit, doubling projections
By prioritizing tax cuts for the wealthiest of the wealthy, Mitch McConnell and the GOP are burdening future generations of Americans with debt that will never be paid off. Over the last year, the GOP has railed against temporary measures…
Jamelle Bouie, Digby, and Markos’ American Taliban
Two of my favorite political writers are having a bit of a showdown today, and I just thought I’d throw in my two cents. Over at The American Prospect, Jamelle Bouie wrote a thoughtful critique of Markos Moulitsas’ new book,…
Mike Pence takes stimulus hypocrisy to a new level
Back in February, Representative Mike Pence issued a statement: One year later, one thing is clear: the stimulus bill has failed. One year later, not one net job has been created as unemployment rose from 7.6 percent to nearly 10…
The Great Stagnation, “a profound crisis of identity for America”
Terrific look at the symptoms, but gets a little wishy-washy when it comes to looking at the causes. The squeeze on the middle class is reaching an untenable point; where we go from here is an economic and policy decision…
