…Gingrich and both the Rehnquist’ and Roberts’ Court majorities were consequences of this backlash; did not believe in democracy.  Newt defines amorality. Both the Court majorities were/are nakedly regressive and…

…administration — but nothing trickled down. The rich got richer, and almost everyone else fell behind. Meanwhile, the federal budget deficit and national debt soared. This bill is even worse…

…Senate. First and foremost, it amounts to another big tax break for the rich. The bill would increase the after-tax income for the richest ten percent of households by an…

…a few major players, with deals done in person and traders jetting all over the globe. Marc Rich was the only name familiar to me. Rich was one of the…

…traders would reply that everything they were doing was legal. [Debatable if “legal,” but they got away with it in the same way as the rich get away with “it” all…

…all of the rest of the world’s rich, democratic countries on a range of the most important basic health indicators.  In 2024, the United States spent 17.2 percent of its…

…it could be that children of the rich and wealthy have more inherent skills and abilities, an interesting analysis of intergenerational wealth suggests this is not a primary reason.  Sandra Black, Paul…

Richard Eskow  points us to a trend with liberals media types and Social Security: A President Who’ll Cut Social Security — And Liberals Who Love Him Too Much The spectacle…

…also added the final two sentences. The post is a followup to a post from earlier Friday. I’ve also created an additional label: mainstream-journalism gimmickry. I’ve left the original rather…

…and since then, models have proliferated, transforming the name “Smith and Wesson .38” into a generic label for a particular style of gun, even clones that aren’t made by Smith…