Tag Archives: public broadcasting

Introducing the People’s Budget

By Mark | April 11, 2011

As you no doubt know, President Obama and congressional leaders were able to avert a government shutdown by reaching an agreement on the 2011 budget late Friday night. While we don’t yet know all the facts, it looks as though the Republicans were not successful in their attempts to defund public broadcasting, and stop the […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics | Also tagged Amy Goodman, budget cuts, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Democracy Now, entitlements, EPA, estate tax, global climate change, greenhouse gas, Jeffrey Sachs, lobbyists, Medicaid, Medicare, military spending, Millennium Promise Alliance, NPR, Obama, Paul Ryan, PBS, People’s Budget, social security, tax loopholes, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich | 25 Comments

What PBS and NPR funding cuts would mean at home

By Mark | February 22, 2011

As you know, the Republicans, using the excuse of the federal deficit, are suggesting that we defund PBS and NPR. Like me, you’ve probably signed petitions and written to your elected officials, telling them how much you value Sesame Street and Frontline in a world run rampant with the likes of Justin Bieber and Glenn […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Media, Michigan | Also tagged Arwulf, Justin Bieber, local NPR celebrities, Miley Cyrus, NPR, PBS, Sesame Street, The Sunday Best, WEMU | 17 Comments

What conservatives really want, and how we’re helping them get it

By Mark | February 20, 2011

Our old friend George Lakoff has a brilliant essay on the Common Dreams website today. Here’s a clip. I’d encourage those of you with time to follow the last link and read the whole thing, though. ….The central issue in our political life is not being discussed. At stake is the moral basis of American […]