by Bill Scher | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog
The Weekly World News reports this week: "The official copy of Barack Obama’s birth certificate was stolen this week by Republicans wishing to halt his health care reform ... A growing movement among conservatives known as 'Birthers' believes Barack Obama was actually...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 23, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
Increasingly people are asking about our country’s plan for restoring and reinventing the economy. And that means thinking about manufacturing – the root of economic power. How will we revive American manufacturing and being back the good-paying jobs manufacturing...
by Bill Scher | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Obama Frames The Health Care Choice The Treatment's Jonathan Cohn praises presidential straight talk in last night's presser: Late in tonight's press conference, President Obama got a question that just begged for an easy, evasive answer ... whether he was prepared to...
by Leo Gerard | Jul 22, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
A post by Leo Gerard and Scott N. Paul Our nation faces rising unemployment, staggering debts, shrinking trade, and no sense of when (and if) a real recovery -- one that reaches Main Street and working families -- will take hold. As the federal government responds to...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 22, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
Washington's special genius is for gridlock. As we're seeing in the health care debate, the entire system is designed to frustrate action — even when Democrats have a popular president, 60 votes in the Senate and a large majority in the House. Moneyed interests trump...
