Will Heroes Be Left Out of Workers Compensation Protections?

Our daily news is filled with testimonials about heroes in health care, retail clerks, cashiers, and delivery persons. They are performing services which endanger their health and even their lives and the lives of family members. Neglect of top administrators, particularly the President of the United States, has elevated their risk with failure to provide … Read more

(Updated) Moscow Mitch has his “Marie Antoinette” Moment and faces Bipartisan Blowback

Political Prince of Darkness-Enemy of the People-Obstructionist in Chief-Legislative Grim Reaper-Moscow Mitch McConnell made the rounds on right-wing media (Hugh Hewit and Fox Island,) doubling down on his comments to Politico the day before on opposing aid to state and local governments combatting the Coronavirus and suffering economic repercussions from it. He even suggested states … Read more

They Really Are That Evil: Trading Lives For GDP

I recently wrote an opinion piece in which I speculated that the GOP really didn’t want people to return to work and die, they were just positioning themselves politically to insulate themselves from the inevitable CoronaDepression. I assumed they would make a lot of noise about the damage to the economy, and then prudently, and … Read more