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Barry Kibrick: ‘Love Your Mistakes’
“Mistakes are your best assets. They hone your skills and develop your creativity. Don’t be afraid to make them, the more the merrier.” From Barry Kibrick Eric Metaxas the right-wing author and radio talk show host, once said when he was talking about one of his books and I’m paraphrasing: “We’re all a bunch a screw […]
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New York Times: Opinion: Joseph E. Stiglitz: Inequality is Inevitable: How to Expand Economic Opportunity For All
Wall Street New York Times: Opinion: Joseph E. Stiglitz: Inequality is Not Inevitable As I’ve made this point on this blog before comparing the Scandinavian economies with the United States simply does not work. You would be better off comparing … Continue reading
Posted in Economy
Tagged Economic Freedom, Economic Opportunity, Education, Income Gap, Income Inequality, Job Training, Joseph E. Stiglitz
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LBJ Library: Video: President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society Speech at the University of Michigan, 5/22/1964
Whatever you think of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society speech whether you love it or hate it, or like it, or dislike it, this is one of the best and most important speeches in American history. Because it laid out … Continue reading
Campaign For America’s Future: Opinion: Isaiah Poole: Transportation Crisis: “Republicans Looking For Hostages, Not Solutions”: How to Fund American Infrastructure Investment
Construction Workers Campaign For America’s Future: Opinion: Isaiah Poole: Transportation Crisis: Republicans Looking For Hostages, Not Solutions One of the advantages of being able to talk about solutions and issues and offer ideas to solve those issues when you know … Continue reading
Democracy Journal: Opinion: Mike Konczal: “The Voluntarism Society Myth”: The Advantages of a Public/Private Social Insurance System
Private Charity Democracy Journal: Opinion: Mike Konczal: The Voluntarism Fantasy I was waiting to read from Mike Konczal in his piece some call for nationalizing private charity and completely nationalizing private charity all together and giving the Federal Government complete … Continue reading
Posted in War on Poverty
Tagged Mike Konczal, Private Charity, Public Assistance, Social Insurance, Voluntarism
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The Nation: Opinion: Katrina Vanden Heuvel: My Real Family Values
Senator Chris Dodd & President Bill Clinton The Nation: Opinion: Katrina Vanden Heuvel: My Real Family Values Wow this is not only the first post I’ve posted involving Katrina Vanden Heuvel, but I actually agree with probably everything she wrote … Continue reading
Campaign For America’s Future: New Populism Conference: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren: The New Populism is the Fight For America’s Values
Progressive Democrat Campaign For America’s Future: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren: The New Populism Is A Fight For America’s Values U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren at the New Populism Conference “Thank you, Bob Borosage and Roger Hickey for all your hard work, … Continue reading
The Washington Monthly: Opinion: Moshe Z. Marvit: A Liberal’s Call to Real Liberty
New Deal President The Washington Monthly: Opinion: Moshe Z. Marvit: a Progressive’s Call to Real Liberty So President Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms were a Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech, civil liberties and Freedom from Want. Hum that is very … Continue reading
The Nation: Opinion: Robert Borosage: Time to Stand up For a More Perfect Union
The Nation: Opinion: Robert Borosage: Time to Stand Up For a More Perfect Union I didn’t see much from Robert Borosage about as far as how to build this movement to “build that more perfect union”. And what exactly what … Continue reading
The Daily Beast: Opinion: John McWharter: America is Still Coming to Terms With its Racial Past- Let’s Look Ahead Instead
Poverty in America When it comes to reparations for African-Americans I have one which I believe obvious yet important question that comes to mind. Yet even though it is obvious the people who are in the pro-reparations group regardless of … Continue reading
AlterNet: Opinion- Robert Reich- “American Capitalism is in Crisis”: Liberal Capitalism vs. Social Capitalism
Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat) There are a lot of so-called Progressives in America who are really are what would be called Social Democrats or Socialists in Canada or Europe that argue that “Canada and Europe … Continue reading
