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  • Published Collapsing Bridges, Sinking Levees. It’s (Past) Time to Invest (Blog entry)
    July 31, 2008 - 9:47am

    Our nation’s infrastructure is dying of old age and neglect. The solution is obvious: Repair and rebuild. We can't allow conservatives to have us running scared from this issue.

  • Published Safe Toys, Edible Food, Smart Globalization (Blog entry)
    June 20, 2008 - 9:08am

    Why is it that people who question globalization are treated like Neanderthals?

    You’re a protectionist, critics charge. Globalization is here to stay; you can’t turn back the clock, you Neanderthal! Besides, look at all the great stuff we get for cheap!

  • Published Orders of Magnitude (Blog entry)
    June 10, 2008 - 9:52pm

    How far away is Congress from meaningfully addressing the country's infrastructure crisis? Based on testimony at a Capitol Hill hearing this week, 1.59 trillion steps away.

  • Shared First Draft of History: 98% of historians call Bush a "Failure" (Public Pulse)
    April 14, 2008 - 8:06am

    U.S. News and World Report reports President Bush "often argues that history will vindicate him.

  • Shared Middle class blues (Public Pulse)
    April 11, 2008 - 2:55pm

    Fewer Americans now than at any time in the past half century believe they're moving forward in life.

  • Shared High prices: food, too (Public Pulse)
    April 7, 2008 - 8:42pm

    The new Gallup poll shows that 51% of U.S. consumers say food prices have increased “a lot” over the past year, up from 28% two years ago, while 24% say the same about healthcare and prescription drugs, down from 34% in 2006.

  • Shared Doctors support universal health care (Public Pulse)
    April 1, 2008 - 8:38am

    More than half (59%) of U.S. doctors now favor switching to a national health insurance program ; fewer than a third (32%) oppose the idea, according to a new survey published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

  • Shared Social Security Shortfall: In perspective (Fast Fact)
    March 31, 2008 - 8:25am

    Social Security's shortfall over the next 75 years is slightly less than the estimated cost over that period of extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts just for the top 1 percent of households.

  • Published Gallup gets it wrong (Blog entry)
    March 27, 2008 - 8:45am

    A brand new Gallup poll reports:

    “Americans prioritize protecting the environment over economic growth by 49% to 42% -- but this seven-point margin is near the low of the past couple of decades.”

    This simple, perhaps disappointing poll, hides as much as it reveals.

  • Shared Mass Layoffs reach new heights (Fast Fact)
    March 21, 2008 - 9:46am

    In February, 1,672 mass layoff events resulted in 177,374 filings for unemployment insurance, seasonally adjusted. Both were the highest since 2003, and the highest in any month since September 2005 (reflecting the impact of Hurricane Katrina).

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  • Published Collapsing Bridges, Sinking Levees. It’s (Past) Time to Invest (Blog entry)
    July 31, 2008 - 9:47am

    Our nation’s infrastructure is dying of old age and neglect. The solution is obvious: Repair and rebuild. We can't allow conservatives to have us running scared from this issue.

  • Published Safe Toys, Edible Food, Smart Globalization (Blog entry)
    June 20, 2008 - 9:08am

    Why is it that people who question globalization are treated like Neanderthals?

    You’re a protectionist, critics charge. Globalization is here to stay; you can’t turn back the clock, you Neanderthal! Besides, look at all the great stuff we get for cheap!

  • Published Orders of Magnitude (Blog entry)
    June 10, 2008 - 9:52pm

    How far away is Congress from meaningfully addressing the country's infrastructure crisis? Based on testimony at a Capitol Hill hearing this week, 1.59 trillion steps away.

  • Shared First Draft of History: 98% of historians call Bush a "Failure" (Public Pulse)
    April 14, 2008 - 8:06am

    U.S. News and World Report reports President Bush "often argues that history will vindicate him.

  • Shared Middle class blues (Public Pulse)
    April 11, 2008 - 2:55pm

    Fewer Americans now than at any time in the past half century believe they're moving forward in life.

  • Shared High prices: food, too (Public Pulse)
    April 7, 2008 - 8:42pm

    The new Gallup poll shows that 51% of U.S. consumers say food prices have increased “a lot” over the past year, up from 28% two years ago, while 24% say the same about healthcare and prescription drugs, down from 34% in 2006.

  • Shared Doctors support universal health care (Public Pulse)
    April 1, 2008 - 8:38am

    More than half (59%) of U.S. doctors now favor switching to a national health insurance program ; fewer than a third (32%) oppose the idea, according to a new survey published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

  • Shared Social Security Shortfall: In perspective (Fast Fact)
    March 31, 2008 - 8:25am

    Social Security's shortfall over the next 75 years is slightly less than the estimated cost over that period of extending the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts just for the top 1 percent of households.

  • Published Gallup gets it wrong (Blog entry)
    March 27, 2008 - 8:45am

    A brand new Gallup poll reports:

    “Americans prioritize protecting the environment over economic growth by 49% to 42% -- but this seven-point margin is near the low of the past couple of decades.”

    This simple, perhaps disappointing poll, hides as much as it reveals.

  • Shared Mass Layoffs reach new heights (Fast Fact)
    March 21, 2008 - 9:46am

    In February, 1,672 mass layoff events resulted in 177,374 filings for unemployment insurance, seasonally adjusted. Both were the highest since 2003, and the highest in any month since September 2005 (reflecting the impact of Hurricane Katrina).

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