Hobby Lobby, Quit Your Needling

Hobby Lobby, Quit Your Needling

Hobby Lobby’s position is really quite dubious: Using God to get into your uterus. It’s needling its way into women’s health. It’s crafting strategies religiously stealth. The company’s lawyers tell SCOTUS this amounts to abortion, And...
Boehner’s Joke’s on Us

Boehner’s Joke’s on Us

Said Boehner, “What the Hell is this, a joke?” Said Obama, “Oh no, not again with this bloke.” The ACA sign-up deadline’s extended To benefit millions as it was intended. The website snafu caused such delays, “We need the...
Obama’s Budget Asks What’s Valuable

Obama’s Budget Asks What’s Valuable

Obama’s new budget, is it DOA? Can tax breaks for the poor really see light of day? Well, Paul Ryan’s budget will cut taxes too. Granted, not for the many…just for the few. A budget expresses what a nation finds valuable: A good wage in Harlem? Or a...
Obama Orders, But Not Enough

Obama Orders, But Not Enough

Some Federal contract workers will get $10.10 an hour. Giving a boost to their buying power. It’s a step, we suppose, in the right direction But U.S. workers need much more protection. Like a living wage that keeps pace with inflation, Paid sick leave without...
Congress Finds the Key to Bipartisanship

Congress Finds the Key to Bipartisanship

You think bipartisan support is rare? Not when there’s cuts to poor people in there. The Farm Bill again cuts nutrition assistance And barely got any liberal resistance. More subsidies to support the Big Farmer Gets a signature from Barack...