by admin | Feb 21, 2011 | Neoliberalism |
Photo by losinghandThis morning EJ Dionne makes the case that the Tea Party narrative on taxes and the government is now the national narrative. In the wake of significant levels of unemployment, rising levels of wealth inequality, and anxiety, the most important...
by admin | Feb 16, 2011 | Neoliberalism |
Day 178 2010 365, originally uploaded by LesterSpence. Part of a series. I don’t normally buy into the notion that we’ve got to counter “negative” images with “positive” ones, largely because both are part and parcel of a move that smoothes over critical aspects of...
by admin | Feb 16, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama
Photo by Matthew WilkinsonIn referencing Obama’s budget, I noted that he agreed fundamentally with the GOP on the need for cuts…this is because both Obama and the GOP embrace the fundamental thirty years “new” idea of how the economy works. The most important goal is...
by admin | Feb 15, 2011 | Neoliberalism, Obama |
Photo by tsevisPresident Obama released his budget proposal today. Among the cuts he proposes are cuts to home-heating aid (cuts that given Midwest and Northeast snowfall will hit middle, working class, and poor citizens pretty hard), and cuts to community service...
by admin | Feb 14, 2011 | Black Leadership, Crime and Punishment, Education, Neoliberalism, Racial Politics |
Photo by Steve SnodgrassMany of you have read about Kelley Williams-Bolar, who was found guilty of two felonies (“theft” and “tampering with records”) when someone revealed that she used her father’s address to enroll her daughters in a well-off public school system....
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