by Bill Scher | Feb 5, 2007 | Blog
When President released his budget today, it once again showed the limits of the conservative message. Like many conservative leaders, Bush knows he can't rally the public by pledging to deny funds for goals deemed important by the voters, like health care, energy...
by Bill Scher | Feb 5, 2007 | Blog
Today, NY Times columnist Paul Krugman picks up on my earlier post, about how President Bush is following a 2001 Heritage Foundation white paper dictating how to undermine our civil service, ensuring our government doesn't work for us. The piece is behind the Times...
by Bill Scher | Feb 2, 2007 | Blog
President Bush's budget comes out next week, and today's NY Times headline says he wants "Big Medicare and Medicaid Saving". That means big cuts. Cuts where? Less money for middle-class kids in the Children's Health Insurance Program. (Here, the NYT uses White...
by Bill Scher | Feb 2, 2007 | Blog
Yesterday, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell sought to fill the leadership vacuum on energy independence, left by the Bush White House. Rendell announced a plan for a $850M Energy Independence Fund, which would create financial incentives for citizens to install solar...
by Bill Scher | Feb 2, 2007 | Blog
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the "world's leading authority" on the issue with scientists from 113 nations, was released this morning. And as the NY Times reports, it's "the first time the group asserted with near certainty —...
