Talking to a crowd in South Carolina on Tuesday, presidential candidate Jeb Bush was asked if he believes the country should raise the minimum wage or if wages should be left to individual employers and private companies. Not surprisingly, he said, “We need to leave it to the private sector. I think state minimum wages […]
President Barack Obama sat down with VICE founder Shane Smith to discuss a host of issues important to Americans from foreign policy and marijuana legalization to global warming and political gridlock. The interview, conducted last Tuesday, was posted to VICE News on Monday, March 16. In a segment covering negotiations with Iran, Obama expressed his embarrassment […]
Hold on to your sanity, you’re going to need it. In an effort to deflect media criticism of AR Republican Senator Tom Cotton’s open letter to Iran – signed by 46 other GOP senators – the National Review’s spin is that since the letter was never dropped in a mailbox, it doesn’t really count. Deroy […]
Distinguished adjunct professor of Government and Public Policy at William and Mary University in Virginia and former chief of staff for Colin Powell, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, may be a Republican – but he seems to have made a career out of enraging conservatives the last few years. This time he is not holding back any […]
Arianna Huffington came out swinging at the GOP war machine during last week’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Both Huffington and Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn shredded the effort by 47 Republican senators to undermine the Obama administration’s efforts to negotiate a nuclear treaty with Iran. Early on in the segment, Penn drew loud […]