by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jan 20, 2017 | • Politics, Donald Trump
Robert Reich: 15 warning signs of impending Trump tyranny This originally appeared on Robert Reich’s blog. As tyrants take control of democracies, they typically: 1. Exaggerate their mandate to govern – claiming, for example, that they won an election by a...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 14, 2011 | What I'm Reading
On Climate: Is It Weird Enough Yet? – NYTimes.com Thomas Friedman— “Every time I listen to Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota talk about how climate change is some fraud perpetrated by scientists trying to gin up...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 13, 2011 | • Politics
Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme as Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry claims? Noted author and former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich debunks that claim and five other lies the right-wing tells about taxes, government and the economy. The lies Reich...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 7, 2011 | What I'm Reading
In the Land of Denial on Climate Change – NYTimes.com. The American Spectator : Packing Heat — A politically motivated global warming denial hit piece although not nearly as bad as the Pure Fabrication, Lies and Global Warming Denial Propaganda from Non-other...