Posts by SteveKier

Congressman Bill Foster: The Nature of our Government

…in my in-box just now from Congressman Foster: Steve- Our country faces a fundamental debate over the nature of government....

Governor Rauner’s Priorities

Valuable details about our new governor’s priorities from Rich Miller at his incomparable Capitol Fax Blog.  Here’s the outline in case...

Things Get Better for Americans When Democrats Drive the Agenda

Sarah Kliff at Vox reports the good news: “…the largest drop in the uninsured rate since 1965, when Medicare and Medicaid...

Obama at Selma: His Best Speech Yet?

What greater expression of faith in the American experiment than this, what greater form of patriotism is there than the belief...

GOP Hates Obama More Than a Nuclear Iran

Today’s GOP is so full of bile for President Obama that they put sticking a finger in his eye ahead...

Jon Stewart Challenges Fox News to a “Lie-Off”

From TPM earlier today: Jon Stewart Challenges Fox News To A ‘Lie-Off’ (VIDEO) By BRENDAN JAMES Published FEBRUARY 26, 2015,...

Another Reason to Address Income Inequality

Valuable reminder from the WaPo’s Michael Fletcher.  When folks talk about a projected Social Security shortfall and how it means we...

Last Week’s NTDO Community Forum: Sex Trafficking: Myths and Misconceptions

Thanks as always to NTDO Chair Dianne McGuire for this writeup describing last week’s NTDO Community Forum. Sex Trafficking: Myths...

In Which the GOP Discovers Inequality

Yes, the GOP has discovered inequality, but only as a cudgel with which to beat Democrats.  They never minded it before;...

Belated (my fault) Year-in-Review from Robert Reich

I don’t always keep up with all the bloggers I like to read, but sometimes it’s worth a quick review....