My Brother Explains The Jobs Report
When the Labor Department announced yesterday that the unemployment rate had fallen from 6.7% to 6.3%, with 288,000 jobs created in April, it sounded like good news. But there are many layers to these reports, so I asked my brother Seth (former Acting Secretary Of...
Electoral College End Run
In 2000, Al Gore got more votes than George W. Bush, but lost the election because of Florida, the Supreme Court, and the Electoral College. That's because when you go to the polls, you're not voting directly for your presidential candidate, but for a roster of...
Best Thing I’ve Read Today
NY Times columnist Nicholas Kristof explains why Congress should cut funding for public welfare programs, but instead of taking food stamps away from hungry people, it should cut subsidies for millionaires and corporations, the real "takers" who get tax breaks for...
Danielle Martin on Canadian Healthcare
Earlier this month, Canadian physician Danielle Martin testified before a Senate committee on health care led by Bernie Sanders. She made some headlines because of an exchange she had with Richard Burr, the anti-Obamacare Republican from North Carolina, in which Dr....
Jesse Ventura, Off The Grid
The always outspoken Jesse Ventura -- who now has an online TV show called "Off The Grid" -- joined me on America Weekend today. We talked about Russia and Ukraine, the NSA and Edward Snowden, legalizing marijuana, and whether the former governor of Minnesota will...
His Extreme Homophobia May Have Helped
This morning on America Weekend, I talked about the death of Fred Phelps, leader of the anti-gay cult in Kansas which staged photo-op-ready protests at funerals across the country. I said that the campaign by Phelps and his family members, though horrible and painful...
Best Things I’ve Read Today
From Rick Ungar at Forbes: "The Real Numbers On The Obamacare Effect Are In -- Now Let The Crow Eating Begin." From Gregg Easterbrook in the NY Times, the question I posed a week ago: why are there off switches for airplane transponders? From Sharon Hill at Doubtful...
Jon Stewart Calls It What It Is
Pretty great job by Jon Stewart responding to Republicans' complaints that President Obama won't work with them...