Washington Liberals Blog

Exploded: Mainstream myths about the minimum wage 0

Exploded: Mainstream myths about the minimum wage

It’s no surprise that President Obama continues to make missteps on economic policy — such as returning again and again to the “Grand Bargain”, more apt to result in a “Grand Take-Away”. It’s no...

March Legislative Town Hall meeting schedule 0

March Legislative Town Hall meeting schedule

Courtesy of our WSARA Secretary, Steven Kelly (IBT), I am forwarding the information below regarding upcoming town hall meetings by our state legislators.  Please go to http://oureconomicfuture.org/action/townhalls.html for more information.  Thanks to Steve for...

The Sharp Pain of Sequestration 0

The Sharp Pain of Sequestration

Despite some pundits making light of the immediate effects of sequestration, the pain will soon be very real to our nation’s most vulnerable. Sharon Parrott, for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a...

How should secular, progressive folks criticize religion? 0

How should secular, progressive folks criticize religion?

I’m ambivalent about criticizing religion and religious people. I was reminded of this issue (whether it’s wise to criticize believers)  by some recent facebook posts. One post showed the following image. Another facebook post...