Carolina on My Mind

In 2010, over 60 seats changed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The South didn’t change that much because the South was already pretty...

The Case For Liberal Economics

We have serious economic problems.As a country, we need to move ahead. China is buying up the world’s resources. Soon Russia will do the...

Time Out –A Look at the Republican Non-budget

Before we can return to the Failure of Conservative Economics, we must address a current issue on today's Neo-Conservative agenda...the Paul Ryan Republican Budget...

How Republicans Tried to Kill Obamacare and Give Us the Cheap...

We have been mislead by Republicans about Obamacare. If health care is about the American people, then Obamacare is good and workable and economically sound. If health care is about making health insurance companies profitable, and not caring for the American people, then the Republican plan is better...but only for the health insurance industry.

Still Crazy After All These Years

It has been 33 years since the ascendency of Conservative philosophy in the Republican Party and since the takeover of part of American government...

A Republican Defends the Counterfeit Trump Tax Plan

by Joseph O'ShaughnessyPeter Roskam, House of Representatives member from the 6th District of Illinois, was interviewed recently on public television about the new...

The Republicans and Growing Neo-Fascism in America

Many people think of Fascism and they think of Nazis and the Gestapo and concentration camps. That concept, while accurate as far as it...

Hedge Fund Managers Are Coming for Your State Pension Funds.

One of the most serious and largest scams now being perpetrated by the Republican Party on the American public is the “unfunded liability” state...

Inequality and Poverty

Government is failing Americans. A nation accustomed to creating new industries, technologies and good jobs within those industries can no longer expect vision from...

The Sanders Revolution

The world is changing  again. Instead of a 40-something running for President, we have two 60 or 70-somethings. Maybe it takes that long to...

The High Cost of Neo-Fascism

At the very outset, let’s restate our definition of Neo-Fascism. Even if you do not agree with our definition of the current Republican Party...

Say “No” to Tax Cuts for the Rich

by Joseph O'ShughnessyCall your Senator as soon as you have finished reading this, or before, if possible, and urge him or her...under pain of...

The Ryan Road to Ruin

Paul Ryan had the courage to put his name on a budget that was announced last week. This budget will change his image from...

A Nightmare in November

Here is the real danger for 2016. We are at a tipping point. It is very likely that few Americans understand the calamitous potential...

The Failure of Conservatism and the Future of American Economics. Part...

In 1946, in the shadow of the carillon tower on the campus of the University of Chicago, an economist by the name of Milton...