| Jan 11, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedNow that the Republican Party has suspended its internal chaos long enough to elect a Speaker, Republicans face a challenge. Leading party members are eager to use their new majority in the House of Representatives to trash two programs conservatives have long...
| Dec 7, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySocial Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock’s re-election victory there should be good news for Gold Star families, paralyzed veterans, seniors, and indeed all of Social Security’s over 65 million...
| Oct 9, 2013 | Economy / BusinessShortly before the first government shutdown in 17 years, President Barack Obama addressed the Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference in Washington. He said the same thing he’s been telling the nation ever since, “We will not negotiate whether...
| Sep 18, 2013 | Economy / BusinessMy cousin Mona called me the other day about her husband Harry, who had came home from work and said: “We’re spending too much money, Mona. It’s got to stop. We’re going broke.” “Really? I thought we were doing OK, sort of.”...