What Citizens United hath wrought: The media, the pundits and the Republicans themselves say they expect a billion dollars to be spent to elect Mitt Romney president. Think of it: a billion dollars and what sane people could do with…
Continue ReadingAt the time of the Watergate scandal, The Washington Post — led by the legendary Ben Bradlee — was poised to challenge The New York Times as America’s best newspaper. No more. Today, every section of the Post is embarrassingly sec…
Continue ReadingAlthough public polls continue to agree that a gigantic majority of Americans of all ages and political leanings oppose cutting Social Security in any way, Congress only talks about cuts.
That’s because the majority of Americans aren’t giving millions of dollars to Congress members. But we – you and I and our neighbors and friends – have another kind of power. I reached out to the NCPSSM and Max Richtman emailed this message for us and all elders:
Continue ReadingYou’ve heard of Peter G. Peterson, haven’t you? He is the billionaire financier who has, for decades, been spending his money in pursuit of privatizing Social Security. Whenever you read the word “privatize” in that regard, read “loot.” Here is…
Continue ReadingIt’s interesting, as I have done for the past ten days or so, to take such a long time off from the daily news. I am lost right now on the day-to-day minutiae of political posturing but it’s not hard…
Continue ReadingA week or two ago, I saw a new documentary, Brothers on Line, the story of the Reuther brothers and the 40-year chronology of their establishing the United Auto Workers (UAW) in the 1930s. Together, they created one of the most influential unions …
Continue ReadingYeah, yeah, I know. Some of you develop instant glazed eye syndrome when I repeatedly harp on the need to preserve Social Security and to flay those who want to kill it. Here I go again. As I keep pointing…
Continue ReadingBack in January, I asked the question: Are you more conservative or more liberal than when you were younger?
The responses were nearly 100 percent “more liberal” or “always liberal” but that is to be expected on this blog. Conservatives don’t hang out here for long.
However the majority of us at Time Goes By lean politically, the fact is that elders mostly vote conservative/Republican.
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