Big business behind Rick Perry's push in Missouri
Rick Perry, the right-wing Republican governor of Texas, is running TV and radio ads - backed by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce - attacking the Democratic governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon.
Higher health spending means healthy people
Some things that just seem obvious are often denied for devious political or personal reasons.
S&P "bond vigilantes" take aim - at us
Standard and Poor's is a "bond vigilante" for the "investor class" - essentially a finance capitalist business agent with a big economic machine gun.
Debt deal: Time for diplomacy is over
The Republicans are no ordinary opposition party with whom the Democrats can have amicable differences. They are racist, anti-labor, anti-democratic extremists, beholden to fascist-minded billionaires.
Poem of the week: "Allegiances" in troubled times
As if written for today's headlines, William Stafford's poem "Allegiances" reflects that we will have to take care of each other; we will be our own protection.
Debt-ceiling disaster postponed - but not for long
The threat of default may have beeb averted, but working people will lose MORE ground.
Debt-ceiling struggle: time to look deeper
Even if a deal is struck at the last minute, or if President Obama raises the debt ceiling on his own, this controversy reveals a system in serious need of repair.
Holding Americans hostage
The problem is not so much a "gang of six" now making deals, but the gang that took over the House of Representatives and statehouses and governorships across the country last fall.
Debt-ceiling showdown, Republican stand collapsing, now what?
Is it a train wreck? A gathering tsunami? Just a fake drama?
