Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared that the test of our nation was “not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger might be married to a Kennedy but his governing philosophy is pure George W....
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his Republican colleagues are using the trauma of the economic collapse and the record state budget deficit to implement policies they’ve been advocating for years. “This budget ought to be solved in one chunk, at one time,” the governor says, “and let’s do it quickly.” As usual, the working...
President Barack Obama’s speech today in Cairo hit all of the right notes and was exactly what he needed to say after eight years of saber rattling, racist diatribes about “Crusades,” and Biblical quotes affixed to “Worldwide Intelligence Updates.” For years we’ve heard mouthpieces from the American Right uttering every offensive slur against Arabs...
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Sticking It To “America’s Best”
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is accomplishing right now what he failed to do in 2005 when he tried to put the state’s major labor unions out of business and downsize the state government. At that time there was no economic catastrophe to point to as an excuse to shred the social safety net. But...
Read more »