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We must smash the Clinton machine: Democratic elites and the media sold out to Hillary this time, but change is coming

Neoliberals, D.C. careerists and the pundits lined up this time. They won't be able to rig contests moving forward

Bill Curry Tuesday, Mar 29, 2016 8:55 PM UTC 0
Innovation Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton

Can Hillary stay in the race? If she loses Ohio and Missouri, Clinton’s case becomes very, very tenuous

Imagine if somone wins the last 10 primaries, leads every general election poll, then gets denied by superdelegates

Bill Curry Tuesday, Mar 15, 2016 4:25 PM UTC 0
Sustainability Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump

It should be over for Hillary: Party elites and MSNBC can’t prop her up after Bernie’s Michigan miracle

Trade, wages and the corrupt political class are the new key issues. Bernie and Trump finished off the party elites

Bill Curry Wednesday, Mar 9, 2016 11:03 PM UTC 0
Sustainability Bernie Sanders, Bill Clnton

Hillary’s inevitability lie: Why the media and party elites are rushing to nominate the weakest candidate

For two years, media has swallowed and peddled the Clinton inevitability line. She's the one Dem even Trump beats

Bill Curry Tuesday, Mar 8, 2016 11:00 AM UTC 0
Business Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump

“It’s the corruption, stupid”: Hillary’s too compromised to see what Donald Trump understands

The key 2016 issue is outrage over a rigged system by special interests. There's a reason Hillary doesn't get it

Bill Curry Tuesday, Feb 23, 2016 11:00 AM UTC 0
Sustainability Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton

The Clintons really don’t get it: False attacks and failed strategies as Hillary repeats 2008

They're distorting Sanders' plans and ham-handedly using Obama and race. It's a dangerous game and a losing plan

Bill Curry Tuesday, Feb 16, 2016 11:01 AM UTC 0
Innovation aol_on, Bernie Sanders

It’s almost over for Hillary: This election is a mass insurrection against a rigged system

Sanders has ended the coronation and fired up the grass roots. Now Clinton's electability argument is crumbling too

Bill Curry Sunday, Feb 7, 2016 11:01 AM UTC 0
News Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump

Debbie Wasserman Schultz must go, and the case Bernie Sanders must make tonight

The chairwoman is the Democrats' version of Katherine Harris -- inept, in the tank, and no longer to be trusted

Bill Curry Saturday, Dec 19, 2015 7:07 PM UTC 0
Politics aol_on, Bernie Sanders

Punch the lying bullies in the nose: Trump, Cruz and GOP know-nothings only win when Democrats cower — or provide an echo

Here's how to fight war-mongers, bigots and the rest of the right with toughness, smarts and actual reality

Bill Curry Sunday, Nov 22, 2015 10:59 AM UTC 0
News aol_on, Bernie Sanders

We might really elect a loon: Ben Carson, Ted Cruz and a GOP gripped by wingnut fever

Democrats always believe the GOP will sober up and nominate someone sensible. There is zero guarantee this time

Bill Curry Sunday, Nov 15, 2015 11:00 AM UTC 0
News Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders

They all fear real questions. Problem is, a gutless media isn’t asking them

The Republicans wage war on a straw man: Our political debates are frozen, and so is our democracy

Bill Curry Tuesday, Nov 3, 2015 4:24 PM UTC 0
Business aol_on, Ben Carson, CNBC

Bernie Sanders is not dead yet: Here’s how he recovers from Hillary’s charmed October

Yes, Hillary has had a great three weeks, but progressives still need a debate on issues. Here's how we force it

Bill Curry Tuesday, Oct 27, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Bernie Sanders, Editor's Picks

This is still Bernie Sanders’ moment: He’s right on the big issues, now he must communicate it

Hillary's a solid debater. That doesn't make her right or honest on the substance. That's Sanders' opening

Bill Curry Sunday, Oct 18, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
News Anderson Cooper, aol_on

The DNC screwed Hillary — now get ready for a Bernie Sanders earthquake

Limiting debates did her no favors. Now she's barely leading a 74-year-old socialist. This debate is pivotal

Bill Curry Monday, Oct 12, 2015 8:44 PM UTC 0
News aol_on, Bernie Sanders, debate

This is a climate-change nightmare: Droughts rage and fires burn, while evil ALEC and hapless Democrats dither

No one is being serious enough and history will judge us harshly -- especially since a green economy lifts us all

Bill Curry Sunday, Sep 20, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Sustainability Barack Obama, Climate Change

Joe Lieberman’s new betrayal: The transparent cynicism in his Iran warmongering

The progressive reformer I met in the '70s has morphed into a self-righteous fearmongerer

Bill Curry Sunday, Aug 23, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
Politics 2000 Election, 2004 Elections

Hillary’s in danger, Trump is sunk: The hard truths America is ignoring this election season

While pundits regurgitate the same bad information, we're missing the earth-shattering stories under our noses

Bill Curry Monday, Aug 17, 2015 9:57 PM UTC 0
News 2016 Elections, Donald Trump

The destruction of Donald Trump: How the billionaire with a rage problem became the frontrunner — and then fell apart

Donald Trump may still lead in the polls (for now at least). But the method of his electoral doom has been revealed

Bill Curry Monday, Aug 10, 2015 10:25 PM UTC 0
News 2016 Elections, Donald Trump

Jon Stewart changed everything: How “The Daily Show” revolutionized TV & revitalized the Democratic Party

As Stewart prepares to hang up his proverbial boxing gloves, we would do well to recognize how important he's been

Bill Curry Tuesday, Aug 4, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
Media Comedy, Jon Stewart, Satire

This is why Hillary’s losing: The issue Jeb Bush and Donald Trump understand, which may keep Clinton from the White House

Her negatives are almost as bad as Trump's. She's not trusted, and losing swing states. Start talking about reform!

Bill Curry Sunday, Jul 26, 2015 10:00 AM UTC 0
News Bernie Sanders

The trap Hillary can’t escape: Her Bernie Sanders problem is she doesn’t understand Sanders’ policies are popular, mainstream and the future

There's a reason Clinton's economic plan sounds wooden and unspecific. She's misreading public mood and her party

Bill Curry Sunday, Jul 19, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Business Bernie Sanders, Editor's Picks

Let’s make the South stop lying: The right’s war on our history — and truth — must be defeated now

Conservatives have fought a near-treasonous propaganda war in the media and schools for decades. We must fight back

Bill Curry Tuesday, Jul 14, 2015 10:00 PM UTC 0
News American History, Charleston

The GOP’s pathetic crybaby agenda: Trump, Scalia and the whiny, paranoid new face of the right

Republicans have no agenda. America won't fall for culture/religion wars anymore. Petulance is all they have left

Bill Curry Sunday, Jul 5, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Antonin Scalia, Barack Obama

Hillary Clinton is going to lose: She doesn’t even see the frustrated progressive wave that will nominate Bernie Sanders

Clinton's positioning on TPP is way too cute. When it passes with Dems' implicit support, grass roots will explode

Bill Curry Monday, Jun 22, 2015 8:55 PM UTC 0
Politics Bernie Sanders, Editor's Picks

Here’s how Bernie Sanders could win: The one issue where Hillary’s vulnerable, and where the Tea Party might be right

If progressives want to retake government, a full-throated war on public corruption is the key to everything

Bill Curry Sunday, Jun 14, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
Politics Bernie Sanders, Editor's Picks

Bernie Sanders must bring it: Between GOP obfuscation and Hillary’s evasions, someone needs to be serious

The GOP is a clown show. Hillary won't talk TPP for a reason. Bernie Sanders is our last hope for real debate

Bill Curry Wednesday, Jun 3, 2015 9:59 AM UTC 0
Politics Bernie Sanders, Editor's Picks

Karen Allen’s brilliant comeback: A “Raiders of the Lost Ark” star forsakes Hollywood for a brilliant, blue-collar film

Hollywood has turned its back on America. Karen Allen turned her back on Hollywood. In a new film, all's forgiven

Bill Curry Sunday, May 24, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Business "Bad Hurt", Animal House

Who’s down with TPP?: Big business wins and democracy loses as both parties lie about free trade

Both parties line up to back a job-killing trade deal without even reading it. The hypocrisy is staggering

Bill Curry Sunday, May 17, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Business

Chris Christie and our GOP corruption nightmare: Fight, or this is how Ben Carson and Huckabee catch fire

Progressives can either declare war on corruption and secrecy, or risk electing a right-wing populist demagogue

Bill Curry Sunday, May 10, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders really matters: He doesn’t have to win to build a progressive movement

Stop thinking about winners, losers and the dumb horse race. Let's build at the grass roots and debate what matters

Bill Curry Sunday, May 3, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Bernie Sanders, Debates

Neoliberals are killing us: The TED talk, techno-utopian, Thomas Friedman-economy is a lie

Neoliberal fantasy world is filled with daring entrepreneurs competing in a meritocracy. Do you recognize that?

Bill Curry Wednesday, Apr 29, 2015 3:58 PM UTC 0
Innovation economy, neoliberals

My party fears a debate: This same nervous centrism created the Tea Party

Another Wall Street Democrat is running for president. Once again we must choose between acquiescence and rebellion

Bill Curry Sunday, Apr 19, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Chipotle, Democrats

Hillary Clinton just doesn’t get it: She’s already running a losing campaign

Rand Paul has edged in front of her. Jeb thinks she'll be easy to defeat. She's playing right into their hands

Bill Curry Sunday, Apr 12, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Editor's Picks, Elections 2016

Wall Street and the wingnuts win again: Radical right and radical wealth have captured both parties

The public opposes the extreme right and big banks. The GOP's hopeless, but so are Schumer and Hillary's Democrrats

Bill Curry Sunday, Apr 5, 2015 9:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Chuck Schumer, Congress

What would Paul Krugman do: Imagining the plan which defeats the ultra-rich

Obama had too much faith in the system to change it. Fighting income inequality requires this braver approach

Bill Curry Sunday, Mar 29, 2015 11:00 AM UTC 0
Business Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke

GOP’s new moral monstrosity: Trickle-down lies enrich the 1 percent, as wing-nuts assert control

Republican extremists have outlined two demented budgets loaded with phony numbers. Why won't Democrats fight back?

Bill Curry Sunday, Mar 22, 2015 10:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Budget, Editor's Picks

Hillary’s meritocracy problem: The GOP will paint her as an elitist — and the right can make that charge stick

Hillary reminds us of 2008 flaws, and the ghosts of every losing Democratic candidate of the last 30 years

Bill Curry Sunday, Mar 15, 2015 10:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Editor's Picks, Elections 2016

Broken, venal, dysfunctional: The GOP clown show, Hillary’s challenge, and our dangerously frozen democracy

Mitch can't fix the Senate. Boehner can't control his caucus. GOP's a disaster; Democrats have no soul. Now what?

Bill Curry Sunday, Mar 8, 2015 11:00 AM UTC 0
Politics Benjamin Netanyahu

Rahm Emanuel’s moment of reckoning: How he ended up in a fight for his political life

Emanuel had the money, the machine and the establishment behind him. So why is he in a runoff?

Bill Curry Sunday, Mar 1, 2015 11:58 AM UTC 0
Politics Barack Obama, Bill Clinton

We must not fear old white men: Here’s how we get past the John McCain/Fox News problem

Avoiding another disastrous Middle East war requires voicing our convictions bravely -- then trusting in democracy

Bill Curry Sunday, Feb 22, 2015 4:00 PM UTC 0
Politics Barack Obama, Editor's Picks

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