Three professors (Robert Hockett of Cornell Law School, Daniel Markovits of Yale Law School, and Jacob Hacker a Yale political scientist) created the website GiveItBackForJobs.org. The premise is that the responsible wealthy would donate their windfall from the Bush tax cuts and the Obama extensions to the charities of their choice and thus stimulating the […]

  I really am not sure what to make of this article. The title brought me in. The substance seemed almost like a Fox News type description of the interaction in the White House. After so much was accomplished, in spite of GOP 100% obstructionist stance one would expect an article of this type analyzing […]

The article at The Huffington Post titled “At Kaplan University, ‘Guerilla Registration’ Leaves Students Deep In Debt” hit a nerve. The premise of the article is that many at the mentioned private University used less than honest tactics to either enroll students or keep students enrolled. Worst, student’s diplomas and/or transcripts were held hostage for […]

Your Turn Wednesday, December 22, 2010 JUSTICE IN TEXAS Dear Editor: While former President George W. Bush has been out making the rounds of the liberal media seeking to promote not only his image, but to rationalize his memoirs of his compassionate conservatism, the real story is in Texas. Claude Jones, the last person executed […]

We all misunderstand this President. I am starting to understand his method. Republicans disregard him at their peril. While talking heads, left wing bloggers including myself, and the “professional left” have been criticizing this President for a long time he has remained calm, consistent, and adult. This gave us the impression that he was timid […]

I find it amazing how the media, both the mainstream media as well as the Right Wing echo chamber continues to have a Right slant irrespective of objective data. Case in point is the census data as well as the midterm election data. It is true that Democrats took a deserved shellacking mostly because of […]

While many of us are counting our blessings this holiday season, some in Washington are planning their attack. As soon as the New Year rolls in, opponents want to repeal the new health care rights you just helped secure. Among our rights at risk: Insurance companies can’t limit needed medical care, especially for the seriously […]

Those who continue to fight healthcare reform on constitutional grounds must be cognizant of what they are actually fighting for. They are fighting about the irresponsible’ s right to be irresponsible and not purchase healthcare insurance while ignoring the right of those who are forced to pay for the healthcare of the irresponsible who could […]

Republican experts in the know all support the START treaty. Democratic experts in the know support the START treaty. Senator Mitch McConnell, Senator Jon Kyl, and Senator John McCain among other Republicans that are attempting to block this treaty have lost their credibility with their objections. Senator McCain while running for the presidency had the […]

The sixty vote cloture vote on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal has passed. Welcome to the present. At last the possibility that codified discrimination against gays in the military will end within a couple of days. Though not gay I feel the joy and anticipation of the freedom another human being is about to feel; […]