Not surprising Howie Carr's contract to bore listerners, lose advertisers, and shill branded low-brow junk on WRKO was not renewed. Unlike a few years ago when Howie unsucessfully tried to go back on his word and breached the RKO contract … [Read more...]
Archives for November 12, 2014
New MassBudget Report: From Poverty to Opportunity
Fifty years ago economic growth in America was leading to rising wages across the income spectrum and progress towards broadly shared prosperity. In that context the nation launched a series of Great Society initiatives to expand … [Read more...]
The Case for Not Giving Money to Mary Landreiu
The Senate Democrats, clearly reeling from Tuesdays loss where they ran away from President Obama and progressive policies and were soundly defeated by a group of cranks, cranks with nice hair, and hog castrators-are now deciding if their … [Read more...]
Political comedian John Oliver skewers predatory gambling
National political comedian John Oliver, a popular former cast member of The Daily Show by Jon Stewart who now hosts his own show on HBO called "Last Week Tonight," took dead aim at the issue of predatory gambling. While public officials … [Read more...]