Articles Posted June 2013

  • GOP Senators Kill Paycheck Fairness Act

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jun 09, 2013 | 3 Comments

    The entire cast of Republican Senators voted June 4 to kill the Paycheck Fairness Act (PFA), equal pay legislation intended to close loopholes in the Equal Pay Act (EPA), first signed into law by President Kennedy over 50 years ago.

    Posted in Labor, Opinion, Politics

  • Can the U.S. Claim Victory in Iraq?

    by Ralph E. Stone on Jun 03, 2013 | 2 Comments

    Following the withdrawal of combat forces from Iraq in December 2011, can the U.S. claim victory or did the Obama administration adopt the face-saving solution of “Just declare victory and get out,” a position proposed by the late Senator George Akin of Vermont at the end of the Vietnam war?

    Posted in Opinion, Politics, War