The New York Times Plays Into Gov. Walker’s Hands
The New York Times's coverage of the Wisconsin protests has been horrendous -- so horrendous that it earned plaudits from Gov. Scott Walker.
View ArticleWisconsin protests of historic importance
It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of the mass protests that have broken out in Madison, Wis., over Gov. Scott Walker's massive assault on public sector unions.
View ArticleWhy Scott Walker and the Koch Brothers Are Losing
The Koch Brothers, Scott Walker, and other anti-union Republican governors are losing the battle for public opinion.
View ArticleDid Scott Walker Confess to a Crime in Koch Prank?
In the now-infamous phony phone call to Scott Walker, the reporter impersonating the billionaire David Koch asked the Wisconsin governor about "planting some troublemakers" in the crowd of protesters.
View ArticleJim DeMint, Take Note: Union Rights Enshrined in Universal Declaration of...
I wasn't altogether surprised the other day when I heard South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint proclaim: "I really don't think that collective bargaining has any place in representative government."
View ArticleJesse Jackson Revs Up Madison Crowd
A little after 3:00 Friday afternoon, in front of a crowd of 850 people that had gathered at short notice, Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewics came outside of the city-county building with the Reverend Jesse...
View ArticleScott Walker Believes He’s Following Orders from the Lord
The dogmatic unwillingness of Wis. Gov. Scott Walker to negotiate or to compromise with Democrats or unions has surprised many people in the state. One explanation for his attitude may be found in his...
View ArticleBoycotting Walker’s Corporate Funders
There are a couple campaigns under way on the Internet to boycott companies whose executives have given a lot of money to Wis. Governor Scott Walker.
View ArticleFighting Back the Day After in Wis.
The sneak attack by Wisconsin Senate Republicans on Wednesday in ramming through the elimination of meaningful collective bargaining has not dampened the spirits of protesters at the capital.
View ArticleWalker Wins Battle, But Will Lose War
Scott Walker and the Republicans in the Wisconsin capital may have won the first battle, but they won't win this war on labor.
View ArticleSolartopia, Not Nuclear Dystopia
My old friend Harvey Wasserman has been protesting against nuclear power for more than 35 years now.
View ArticleWisconsin Teacher in Apparent Suicide, “Distraught” Over Walker’s Cuts
Jeri-Lynn Betts, an early childhood teacher in the Watertown, Wisconsin, school district, died on March 8 of an apparent suicide.
View ArticleJudge’s Ruling Buys Time for Labor in Wisconsin
When a Dane County judge blocked the anti-collective bargaining bill from taking force on Friday, it bought much-needed time for labor's supporters in Wisconsin.
View ArticleObama’s Libya War: Unconstitutional, Naïve, Hypocritical
Our founders would be appalled that a President of the United States could launch the country into an armed conflict half a world away without a formal declaration of war by Congress, much less barely...
View ArticleDoes Gov. Walker Have His Own Private Security Detail?
On March 1, in the parking lot under the Wisconsin Department of Justice's Risser building across the street from the capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, a peculiar encounter ensued.
View ArticleObama’s Libya war is unwise
President Obama's decision to wage war on Libya is unconstitutional, naive and hypocritical.
View ArticleDirty Tricks in Wisconsin
The lengths Republicans are willing to go to try to discredit the nonviolent protesters in Wisconsin are astonishing.
View ArticleThe Insurance Flack Who Fled
Wendell Potter tells all in a book called Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.
View ArticleAfter Walker’s Shady Maneuver, Wisconsin Awaits Court Hearing on Union-...
Late on Friday, March 25, Gov. Scott Walker and his administration claimed that their union-busting bill was now law, even though a judge had issued a temporary restraining order preventing it from...
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