Monday, March 30, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
More Republican Budget Details
by Hunter
Fresh from the GOP think tanks, we've got even more details on the super-duper Republican budget plan.
by Hunter
Fresh from the GOP think tanks, we've got even more details on the super-duper Republican budget plan.
Heck, I just can't figure out how eight years of rule by these folks led to an economic disaster. I mean, this is good stuff, right?
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Right’s Twisted Blame Game By Joe Conason —
Listening to the president’s critics, it would be easy to believe that Obama is responsible for the deficits, bailouts, bonuses, nationalized institutions and careening markets. It would be easy to believe but it’s entirely false.
Inside Bush’s War on Birth Control By Marie Cocco —
A court ruling offers a chilling compendium of accounts by doctors and other FDA professionals who were routinely thwarted as they tried to make the “morning after” pill available, especially to teenagers.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Populism and Paranoia
by George Packer
Step out of the A.I.G. bonus frenzy, the bailout conundrum, and other matters of the moment to think a bit about American history. It’s all related.
by George Packer
Step out of the A.I.G. bonus frenzy, the bailout conundrum, and other matters of the moment to think a bit about American history. It’s all related.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
A time for global actionBy Barack Obama
March 24, 2009
WASHINGTON — We are living through a time of global economic challenges that cannot be met by half measures or the isolated efforts of any nation. Now, the leaders of the G-20 have a responsibility to take bold, comprehensive and coordinated action that not only jump-starts recovery, but launches a new era of economic engagement to prevent a crisis like this from ever happening again.
No one can deny the urgency of action. A crisis in credit and confidence has swept across borders, with consequences for every corner of the world. We have learned that the success of the American economy is inextricably linked to the global economy. If people in other countries cannot spend, markets dry up—already we've seen the biggest drop in American exports in nearly four decades, which has led directly to American job losses. And if we continue to let financial institutions around the world act recklessly and irresponsibly, we will remain trapped in a cycle of bubble and bust. That is why the upcoming London Summit is directly relevant to our recovery at home.
My message is clear: The United States is ready to lead, and we call upon our partners to join us with a sense of urgency and common purpose. Our leadership is grounded in a simple premise: We will lift the American economy out of crisis and reform our regulatory structure, and these actions will be strengthened by complementary action abroad. Through example, the United States can promote a global recovery and build confidence around the world; and if the London Summit helps galvanize collective action, we can forge a secure recovery, and future crises can be averted.
Our efforts must begin with swift action to stimulate growth. The U.S. has passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act—the most dramatic effort to jump-start job creation and lay a foundation for growth in a generation. Other G-20 members have pursued fiscal stimulus as well, and these efforts should be sustained until demand is restored. We should embrace a collective commitment to encourage open trade and investment, while resisting the protectionism that would deepen this crisis.
We must restore the credit that businesses and consumers depend upon. We are working aggressively to stabilize our financial system. This includes an honest assessment of the balance sheets of major banks, and will lead directly to lending that can help Americans purchase goods, stay in their homes and grow businesses. This must continue to be amplified by the actions of our G-20 partners. Together, we can embrace a common framework that insists on transparency, accountability and restoring the flow of credit that is the lifeblood of a growing global economy. And the G-20, together with multilateral institutions, can provide trade finance to help lift up exports and create jobs.
Third, we have an economic, security and moral obligation to extend a hand to countries and people who face the greatest risk. If we turn our backs on them, the suffering caused by this crisis will be enlarged, and our recovery will be delayed because markets for our goods will shrink further and more American jobs will be lost. The G-20 should quickly deploy resources to stabilize emerging markets, substantially boost the emergency capacity of the International Monetary Fund and help regional development banks accelerate lending. Meanwhile, America will support meaningful investments in food security that can help the poorest.
While these actions can help get us out of crisis, we cannot settle for a return to the status quo. We must put an end to the reckless speculation and spending beyond our means, and to the bad credit, overleveraged banks and absence of oversight that condemns us to bubbles that inevitably bust. Only coordinated international action can prevent the irresponsible risk-taking that caused this crisis.
All of our financial institutions—on Wall Street and around the globe—need strong oversight and common sense rules of the road. All markets should have standards for stability and a mechanism for disclosure. A strong framework of capital requirements should protect against future crises. We must crack down on offshore tax havens and money laundering. Rigorous transparency and accountability must check abuse, and the days of out-of-control compensation must end. Instead of patchwork efforts that enable a race to the bottom, we must provide the clear incentives for good behavior that foster a race to the top.
I know that America bears our share of responsibility for the mess that we all face.
But I also know that we need not choose between a chaotic and unforgiving capitalism and an oppressive government-run economy. That is a false choice that will not serve our people or any people. This G-20 meeting provides a forum for a new kind of global economic cooperation.
The nations of the world have a stake in one another, and the United States is ready to join a global effort on behalf of new jobs and sustainable growth.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
It's time to find corporate America's hidden billionsBy Joe Conason
It's time to reform offshore banking, and see what untaxed wealth big business is hiding in overseas tax shelters.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
If You’re a ‘Little Guy,’ a Contract Means Nothing By Marie Cocco —
If only the contracts entered into by shop-floor workers at auto plants were as inviolate as those secured by the incompetent pirates of the American International Group.
The Geithner Problem By Eugene Robinson —
The treasury secretary may indeed be the hardest-working man in Washington. But in order to survive, let alone succeed, he’s going to have to make a more convincing case that he’s part of the solution and not part of the problem.
A Government of Men, Not Laws By David Sirota —
In the 21st century Gilded Age, the blue-collar shower-after-work crowd is given the tough, while the white-collar shower-before-work gang gets the love, and never before this week was that doctrine made so clear.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Conservatives have argued for decades that the sins most dangerous to our society were rooted in lust when in fact they were rooted in greed.
Conservatives have argued for decades that the sins most dangerous to our society were rooted in lust when in fact they were rooted in greed.
Bob Cesca: The Weird Contradictions of the Tea Bag Revolution
It turns out that that the tea baggers, led in part by Michelle Malkin, Glenn Reynolds and the Coward Rick Santelli, are politically more in line with the tax policies of King George than the views of the colonial patriots.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Perp Walks Instead of BonusesBy Robert Scheer —
There must be a criminal investigation of the AIG debacle, and it looks as if New York’s top lawman is on the case. The collusion to save this toxic company in order to salvage the rogue financiers who conspired to enrich themselves by impoverishing millions is being revealed as the greatest financial scandal in U.S. history.
There must be a criminal investigation of the AIG debacle, and it looks as if New York’s top lawman is on the case. The collusion to save this toxic company in order to salvage the rogue financiers who conspired to enrich themselves by impoverishing millions is being revealed as the greatest financial scandal in U.S. history.
Monday, March 16, 2009
The Culture Warriors Get Laid Off
by Frank Rich
What has happened between 2001 and 2009 to so radically change the cultural climate? Here, at last, is one piece of good news in our global economic meltdown: Americans have less and less patience for the intrusive and divisive moral scolds who thrived in the bubbles of the Clinton and Bush years. Culture wars are a luxury the country — the G.O.P. included — can no longer afford.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Reviving the Dream
by Bob Herbert
With the economy in free fall, Americans have an opportunity to reshape the society, and then to move it in a fairer and ultimately more productive direction.
by Bob Herbert
With the economy in free fall, Americans have an opportunity to reshape the society, and then to move it in a fairer and ultimately more productive direction.
Monday, March 09, 2009
The questions our healthcare debate ignores
Why does every developed nation except the U.S. have universal healthcare? Why do they pay half as much in medical costs? Why are their infant mortality and longevity statistics superior?
By Joe Conason
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Friday, March 06, 2009
Thursday, March 05, 2009
If the GOP stays on this path -- if they embrace Rush Limbaugh as a leader now -- then there's more good news here than just the fun of the infighting. The good news is that he can't lead them into a victorious future, but he sure can lead the rest of us there.
By Joe Conason —
Once, conservatives liked to say that “ideas matter.” Although many of their theories later proved flimsy, they at least attempted to address real problems with fresh thinking. But ideas no longer matter—and in fact they’re dangerous, according to the maximum leader of the right.
Once, conservatives liked to say that “ideas matter.” Although many of their theories later proved flimsy, they at least attempted to address real problems with fresh thinking. But ideas no longer matter—and in fact they’re dangerous, according to the maximum leader of the right.
Obama Vows to End Stalemate on Health CareBy ROBERT PEAR and DAVID STOUT President Obama told participants in a conference that he would not allow “special interests” to block an overhaul.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Why is John McCain being such a jerk?
The post-election lovefest is over. The defeated senator has even learned Twitter to attack Obama. But don't call him jealous.
By Mike Madden
Monday, March 02, 2009
Tom Watson-Limbaugh in the Lead: A Gift for Obama
Looking for all the world like the sweating floor manager on the late afternoon shift...
Looking for all the world like the sweating floor manager on the late afternoon shift...
He told the truth about Limbaugh on D.L. Hughley's show, but he joined the GOP's growing Spineless Caucus when he apologized.
by Joan Walsh
by Joan Walsh
Redistributionist, and That’s Just Fine
By E.J. Dionne —
The well-off will pay more in taxes. And before the howling on the right gets too loud, consider that we have just gone through a long era involving a far less frank form of redistribution—upward.
By E.J. Dionne —
The well-off will pay more in taxes. And before the howling on the right gets too loud, consider that we have just gone through a long era involving a far less frank form of redistribution—upward.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Franklin Delano Obama
by NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
If President Obama can move the country toward universal health coverage, even gradually, he has a chance to join the pantheon of truly great presidents.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
By DAVID LEONHARDT
The budget that President Obama proposed on Thursday is nothing less than an attempt to end a three-decade era of economic policy dominated by the ideas of Ronald Reagan and his supporters.
The budget that President Obama proposed on Thursday is nothing less than an attempt to end a three-decade era of economic policy dominated by the ideas of Ronald Reagan and his supporters.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Jindal's Office Spins Itself Into Deeper Hole On Bogus Katrina Story
Bobby Jindal's office was apparently thrown into full crisis mode today after a spokeswoman admitted that a key story of Katrina heroism the governor told in in his GOP response speech Tuesday was false. But, with some help from Politico, they only succeeded in digging themselves deeper.
Watch The Vid ... Jindal Makes Admission
Thursday, February 26, 2009
At Last, Accepting Some Clues From Across the Pond
By Joe Conason —
We suddenly seem willing to consider sensible ideas that were always deemed unthinkable. Soon we may be mature enough to observe how other developed countries address problems that have baffled us for generations.
Government’s Long Night May Be Ending
By E.J. Dionne —
Obama’s message was plain: The era of bashing government is over. So, too, is the folklore of a marketplace capable of producing abundance without regulation, oversight or public intervention.
By Joe Conason —
We suddenly seem willing to consider sensible ideas that were always deemed unthinkable. Soon we may be mature enough to observe how other developed countries address problems that have baffled us for generations.
Government’s Long Night May Be Ending
By E.J. Dionne —
Obama’s message was plain: The era of bashing government is over. So, too, is the folklore of a marketplace capable of producing abundance without regulation, oversight or public intervention.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
What should government do? A Jindal meditationby Paul Krugman
What is the appropriate role of government?
Traditionally, the division between conservatives and liberals has been over the role and size of the welfare state: liberals think that the government should play a large role in sanding off the market economy’s rough edges, conservatives believe that time and chance happen to us all, and that’s that.
But both sides, I thought, agreed that the government should provide public goods — goods that are nonrival (they benefit everyone) and nonexcludable (there’s no way to restrict the benefits to people who pay.) The classic examples are things like lighthouses and national defense, but there are many others. For example, knowing when a volcano is likely to erupt can save many lives; but there’s no private incentive to spend money on monitoring, since even people who didn’t contribute to maintaining the monitoring system can still benefit from the warning. So that’s the sort of activity that should be undertaken by government.
So what did Bobby Jindal choose to ridicule in this response to Obama last night? Volcano monitoring, of course.
And leaving aside the chutzpah of casting the failure of his own party’s governance as proof that government can’t work, does he really think that the response to natural disasters like Katrina is best undertaken by uncoordinated private action? Hey, why bother having an army? Let’s just rely on self-defense by armed citizens.
The intellectual incoherence is stunning. Basically, the political philosophy of the GOP right now seems to consist of snickering at stuff that they think sounds funny. The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead.
Surrender, Bobby Jindal!
A combative Obama blasts irresponsible CEOs and the deficit he inherited while promising, "We will recover"
By Joan Walsh
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Jay Smooth: Why Not to Feed the Trolls
By Tim Einenkel
As New York Post Chairman Rupert Murdoch issues an apology and boycotting continues against the newspaper, Jay-Smooth, hip-hop blogger, dissects the psyche of cartoonist Sean Delonas and why he believes protest is unnecessary.
By Tim Einenkel
As New York Post Chairman Rupert Murdoch issues an apology and boycotting continues against the newspaper, Jay-Smooth, hip-hop blogger, dissects the psyche of cartoonist Sean Delonas and why he believes protest is unnecessary.
‘Entitlements’ Take a Bum Rap By Marie Cocco —
It is time to wipe the term entitlement reform, a monument to the dark art of disinformation, out of the political dictionary. There is no crisis in Social Security, or even in Medicare and Medicaid.
It is time to wipe the term entitlement reform, a monument to the dark art of disinformation, out of the political dictionary. There is no crisis in Social Security, or even in Medicare and Medicaid.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
FRANK RICH What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us
No one knows when there will be an end to the economic crisis, of course, but a bigger question may be whether we really want to know.
No one knows when there will be an end to the economic crisis, of course, but a bigger question may be whether we really want to know.
There Was No GOP ‘Victory’By Joe Conason —
Republicans congratulate themselves for remaining unified in defeat and whine about Obama’s refusal to capitulate—but in fact it is they who have failed in the initial episode of a confrontation that will certainly continue for four years.
Republicans congratulate themselves for remaining unified in defeat and whine about Obama’s refusal to capitulate—but in fact it is they who have failed in the initial episode of a confrontation that will certainly continue for four years.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
"You can't sweep unlawful activities under the table"Abu Ghraib investigator Antonio Taguba talks to Salon about why he backs a commission to examine Bush torture policies
By Mark Benjamin
Thursday, February 19, 2009
'Racist' cartoon angers New Yorkers
By Marlene Naanes
Angry New Yorkers yesterday called for a boycott of The New York Post, the firing of the paper’s editor and cartoonist and even a criminal investigation into an editorial cartoon they considered racist.
The cartoon shows two police officers who just shot dead a chimpanzee saying “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” A chimp was shot dead in Connecticut after attacking a woman Monday, and President Barack Obama signed off on the economic stimulus bill Tuesday. The cartoon led some to infer that the chimp represented the president.
“This is nothing more than a sick racist mind at work. … Not only should the editor be fired, but there should be a front-page apology to the president of the United States who you have characterized as a primate,” Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Brooklyn) said at a protest of about 25 people outside the Post’s headquarters yesterday. “You not only have offended people of color, you have offended millions of people who voted for the president of the United States.”
The elected officials will also have a noon protest today in front of the newspaper, and some are calling for a U.S. Department of Justice Investigation, saying the cartoon went beyond just racism and depicted the president’s assassination.
“I’m insulted, and I’m very upset,” said Stephanie Woods, 42, of Coop City. “[The cartoon is] not funny — it’s very offensive. It’s a very tragic story with the monkey. I’m upset on both ends.”
The New York Post’s editor-in-chief, Col Allan, said the cartoon was a parody of the chimpanzee’s shooting while criticizing the stimulus bill.
“It broadly mocks Washington’s efforts to revive the economy,” Allan said.
The cartoonist, Sean Delonas, has drawn controversial depictions before, once overemphasizing the size of The Rev. Al Sharpton’s rear-end and another time commenting on same-sex marriage with an image of a man and a sheep donning a bridal veil. Sharpton and his National Action Network, along with many other black groups, denounced the cartoon.
Cartoonist Ted Rall, a syndicated editorial cartoonist for Universal Press Syndicate and Association of American Editorial Cartoonists President, said he does not believe Delonas, who he does not know, meant to be racist. He used a common ploy of combining two big news stories into one cartoon, however, he noted a cartoonist tries to avoid using stereotypical caricatures of minorities.
“Normally you end up with a dumb joke — in this case it’s racially insensitive,” Rall said of the technique.
Rall added that it is an editors’ job to reign in their cartoonist.
Free speech advocates noted that the flap ironically may invigorate the First Amendment, the whole purpose of which is to invite, dispute and exchange views.
"Newspapers shouldn't be timid,” said Ronald Collins, of the First Amendment Center in Washington, D.C. “That defeats the purpose of having editorial cartoons. On the other hand, if they can dish it out, they should be able to accept it. ... They'd better be ready to put on their flak jackets."
By Marlene Naanes
Angry New Yorkers yesterday called for a boycott of The New York Post, the firing of the paper’s editor and cartoonist and even a criminal investigation into an editorial cartoon they considered racist.
The cartoon shows two police officers who just shot dead a chimpanzee saying “They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” A chimp was shot dead in Connecticut after attacking a woman Monday, and President Barack Obama signed off on the economic stimulus bill Tuesday. The cartoon led some to infer that the chimp represented the president.
“This is nothing more than a sick racist mind at work. … Not only should the editor be fired, but there should be a front-page apology to the president of the United States who you have characterized as a primate,” Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Brooklyn) said at a protest of about 25 people outside the Post’s headquarters yesterday. “You not only have offended people of color, you have offended millions of people who voted for the president of the United States.”
The elected officials will also have a noon protest today in front of the newspaper, and some are calling for a U.S. Department of Justice Investigation, saying the cartoon went beyond just racism and depicted the president’s assassination.
“I’m insulted, and I’m very upset,” said Stephanie Woods, 42, of Coop City. “[The cartoon is] not funny — it’s very offensive. It’s a very tragic story with the monkey. I’m upset on both ends.”
The New York Post’s editor-in-chief, Col Allan, said the cartoon was a parody of the chimpanzee’s shooting while criticizing the stimulus bill.
“It broadly mocks Washington’s efforts to revive the economy,” Allan said.
The cartoonist, Sean Delonas, has drawn controversial depictions before, once overemphasizing the size of The Rev. Al Sharpton’s rear-end and another time commenting on same-sex marriage with an image of a man and a sheep donning a bridal veil. Sharpton and his National Action Network, along with many other black groups, denounced the cartoon.
Cartoonist Ted Rall, a syndicated editorial cartoonist for Universal Press Syndicate and Association of American Editorial Cartoonists President, said he does not believe Delonas, who he does not know, meant to be racist. He used a common ploy of combining two big news stories into one cartoon, however, he noted a cartoonist tries to avoid using stereotypical caricatures of minorities.
“Normally you end up with a dumb joke — in this case it’s racially insensitive,” Rall said of the technique.
Rall added that it is an editors’ job to reign in their cartoonist.
Free speech advocates noted that the flap ironically may invigorate the First Amendment, the whole purpose of which is to invite, dispute and exchange views.
"Newspapers shouldn't be timid,” said Ronald Collins, of the First Amendment Center in Washington, D.C. “That defeats the purpose of having editorial cartoons. On the other hand, if they can dish it out, they should be able to accept it. ... They'd better be ready to put on their flak jackets."
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Senate approves stimulus
Officially, it took just over five hours, but at about 10:45 ET Friday night, the Senate vote 60-38 in favor of the stimulus. The bill will now go to President Obama for his signature.
The vote went on for so long because of the absence of Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, who was home attending his mother's wake. With Ted Kennedy absent due to his illness, Brown's vote was crucial, as he provided the 60th vote needed for passage.
Like the House had earlier, the Senate split almost completely along party lines on the bill. Only three Republicans -- Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania -- voted for it, but they were all that was needed.
― Alex Koppelman
Officially, it took just over five hours, but at about 10:45 ET Friday night, the Senate vote 60-38 in favor of the stimulus. The bill will now go to President Obama for his signature.
The vote went on for so long because of the absence of Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, who was home attending his mother's wake. With Ted Kennedy absent due to his illness, Brown's vote was crucial, as he provided the 60th vote needed for passage.
Like the House had earlier, the Senate split almost completely along party lines on the bill. Only three Republicans -- Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania -- voted for it, but they were all that was needed.
― Alex Koppelman
Friday, February 13, 2009
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Obama's winning ugly, but he's winning
The White House is making policy in public, and it's messy.
By Mike Madden
The White House is making policy in public, and it's messy.
By Mike Madden
What Went Wrong for Tim Geithner byRobert Kuttner
Tim Geithner was supposed to be the answer to all our financial woes. Why, then, did the markets panic after he announced his plans for TARP?
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 09, 2009
The Real Obama
By E.J. Dionne —
It took less than three weeks for the real Barack Obama to come into view. He turns out to be both a conciliator and a fighter.
By E.J. Dionne —
It took less than three weeks for the real Barack Obama to come into view. He turns out to be both a conciliator and a fighter.
Obama goes bipartisan for real
The president puts congressional pandering to the GOP in his rearview as he thrills a crowd in a Republican stronghold
By Joan Walsh
The president puts congressional pandering to the GOP in his rearview as he thrills a crowd in a Republican stronghold
By Joan Walsh
No More Mr. Nice Guy
by Katrina vanden Heuvel:
As the economy draws nearer to the abyss, the time for post-partisan happy talk with obstructionist Republicans is over.
by Katrina vanden Heuvel:
As the economy draws nearer to the abyss, the time for post-partisan happy talk with obstructionist Republicans is over.
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Friday, February 06, 2009
On the Edge
By PAUL KRUGMAN
A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to economic recovery. Over the last two weeks, what should have been a deadly serious debate about how to save an economy in desperate straits turned, instead, into hackneyed political theater, with Republicans spouting all the old clichés about wasteful government spending and the wonders of tax cuts.
By PAUL KRUGMAN
A not-so-funny thing happened on the way to economic recovery. Over the last two weeks, what should have been a deadly serious debate about how to save an economy in desperate straits turned, instead, into hackneyed political theater, with Republicans spouting all the old clichés about wasteful government spending and the wonders of tax cuts.
Michael Phelps: Puppy Torturer!
Come on, people, all he did was smoke some weed, like Bill Gates, Barack Obama and countless other overachievers.
By Joe Conason
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Republicans Want to Gut Worthy Stimulus Programs »
By Matthew Rothschild
They can call all of this “pork” if they want to. But it all looks kosher to me. And their opposition to it is not only economically foolish, it’s cruel, and class-based, and woefully shortsighted.
By Matthew Rothschild
They can call all of this “pork” if they want to. But it all looks kosher to me. And their opposition to it is not only economically foolish, it’s cruel, and class-based, and woefully shortsighted.
Stimulus Skeptics Wrong (Again)
By Joe Conason —
Mythology is overshadowing history in the debate over Obama’s plan to stimulate the depressed economy. Excessive airtime is devoted to the prejudices of cable hosts and radio personalities who regurgitate ideas they barely understand.
Dear Wall Street
By Marie Cocco —
The reason you are such a big story is that you’ve stolen our money. Or at least that’s how most of the country sees it. You think those auto executives looked bad when they flew into Washington on their private jets? Just you wait.
By Joe Conason —
Mythology is overshadowing history in the debate over Obama’s plan to stimulate the depressed economy. Excessive airtime is devoted to the prejudices of cable hosts and radio personalities who regurgitate ideas they barely understand.
Dear Wall Street
By Marie Cocco —
The reason you are such a big story is that you’ve stolen our money. Or at least that’s how most of the country sees it. You think those auto executives looked bad when they flew into Washington on their private jets? Just you wait.
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
Ther real fight starts after the stimulus is enacted
We can't fix the economy in the long term without significant public investment.
By Robert Reich
We can't fix the economy in the long term without significant public investment.
By Robert Reich
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Monday, February 02, 2009
The leaderless GOP
Limbaugh and Palin are in charge, and there's nothing Michael Steele or Mitch McConnell can do about it.
by Joan Walsh
How Republicans created the myth of Ronald Reagan
With the Gipper's reputation flagging after Clinton, neoconservatives launched a stealthy campaign to remake him as a "great" president.
By Will Bunch
Sunday, February 01, 2009
When Did We Stop Caring About Civilian Deaths During Wartime?
By Robert Fisk —
I wonder if we are “normalizing” war. It’s not just that Israel has yet again gotten away with the killing of hundreds of children in Gaza.
The GOP’s Soundproof Room
By Eugene Robinson —
Unbeknown to the House Republicans who voted unanimously against President Obama’s stimulus package, we are in the midst of a rare fundamental shift in American politics.
Let the Limbaughs Whine
By Joe Conason —
How fortunate for Barack Obama that Rush Limbaugh, big radio personality and leader of the instinctual far right, has yet to retire to a sunny island with his bottles of pills.
By Robert Fisk —
I wonder if we are “normalizing” war. It’s not just that Israel has yet again gotten away with the killing of hundreds of children in Gaza.
The GOP’s Soundproof Room
By Eugene Robinson —
Unbeknown to the House Republicans who voted unanimously against President Obama’s stimulus package, we are in the midst of a rare fundamental shift in American politics.
Let the Limbaughs Whine
By Joe Conason —
How fortunate for Barack Obama that Rush Limbaugh, big radio personality and leader of the instinctual far right, has yet to retire to a sunny island with his bottles of pills.
Herbert Hoover Lives
by Frank Rich
No one expects the Republicans to give the new president carte blanche to pass his stimulus plan, but the opposition might want to pitch in and play a serious role at a time of national peril.
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