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Negotiation 101 for Democrats: The Right Policies Are the Right Politics
Bloggers always wonder why Democrats couldn’t get anything done even when they had a solid majority in the House and 60 votes in the Senate, while Republicans get everything …
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The War on Child Labor Laws
(Photo: Thirteen Of Clubs / Flickr) Maine State Rep. David Burns is the latest of many Republican lawmakers concerned that employers aren’t allowed to do enough to …
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Wal-Mart v. Dukes and the Matter of Size
Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s progress and the American piece of this epic story began in Lawrence, Massachusetts, when 25,000 mill workers took to the streets …
Is Your Underwear Undermining Your Values? What Is Jockey’s CEO Doing at Tea Partiers’ Convention?
Madison - Is your underwear undermining your values? The new scrutiny of CEOs that has been ignited by the historic Wisconsin labor protests has turned up concerns close to …
Ohio Governor Gets 3,000 Boos
Ohio Governor John Kasich delivered his “State of the State” speech March 8 with all the pomp expected of a new governor setting his agenda. But 3,000 union members …
Protectionism After the Crisis: The Case of Latin America
It is accepted wisdom that protectionism is a first gut reaction in times of crisis, but there are few studies on how different countries react to get themselves over …
What “Free Trade” Has Cost the World
If you take a job away from someone who is paid a reasonable wage because they enjoy the protections and prosperity of democratic government, move it across a border, …
Is Egypt the Future IndoTurkeZil? So Many Ways to Strut Your Democratic Stuff in a New World
Three mummies were recently found in an underground temple in Luxor, Egypt. Translated hieroglyphs identified them as the Clash of Civilizations, the End of History, and Islamophobia. They ruled …
The GOP Takes Its War on Women to the States
In 1992, the Supreme Court, in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, upheld women’s constitutional right to abortion services, but allowed certain leeway in placing restrictions on access to reproductive healthcare. …
Davis Arrest Throws US Undercover Campaign in Pakistan Into Disarray
The ongoing case of Raymond Davis, the CIA contractor facing murder charges in Lahore for the execution-style slaying of two apparent agents of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, is …