MONTGOMERY — This is the prepared text for Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley’s address to a joint session of the Legislature Tuesday night, as released by the governor’s office. Can you point out the lies? Watch on Capitol Journal on Alabama Public Television – Lt. Governor Ivey, Speaker Hubbard, President Marsh, distinguished guests, members of the…
By Glynn Wilson – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — About 50 people, including a number of homeless, joined a Progressive Democrats of America rally Saturday in Kelly Ingram Park designed to try to shame Alabama Governor Robert Bentley into changing his mind and opt in to Obamacare and expand Medicaid in the state. “Clap your hands if…
by David Underhill Guest Column The racket about getting medical care to those without it isn’t really about that. Keeping this in mind will make the shrillest weeks of the campaign season more bearable as elections approach. The coronation of Paul Ryan as veep on the Republican ticket made Medicare a loud topic because his…
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson Imagine you are a singer-songwriter allowed free access to the Woody Guthrie archives of unrecorded lyrics, to explore at will and take what you want for the making of a record of songs from America’s great hobo prophet. That’s exactly what Jonatha Brooke is doing for a special concert…
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson The coffee tastes more than a little bitter this morning. It is no sweet tea to see your worst political predictions come true. I have been railing for the past five and a half years about the need for a coalition to come together to fight the complete corporate…
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Klein Alleges U.S. Used ‘Shock’ Tactics to Privatize Public Sector “The connections are daring in journalist Naomi Klein’s new book, The Shock Doctrine, but the result is convincing,” according to William S. Kowinski of the San Francisco Chronicle. “With a bold and brilliantly conceived thesis, skillfully and cogently threaded through more than 500 pages of…
Actor and filmmaker Sean Penn talks with Raul Castro about Obama, Guantanamo, and the Pentagon; and with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on human rights in his country and the next U.S. administration. To read the full cover story on this in The Nation magazine online, here’s the link.
