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Seriously, Sarah?

I know this seems like low hanging fruit. But Sarah Palin is back, and along with her mindless blather has returned the chorus of "do not under estimate Palin" and/or "Sarah must be taken seriously." Seriously? We're supposed to take seriously someone who just days...

Progressive Breakfast - 11/30/2009

The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Weeks-Long Senate Health Care Debate Begins At 3 PM ET AP offers pessimistic preview, emphasizing lack of Dem consensus on final bill: " The 60 votes aren't...

Bernanke Breaks the Law. His Own.

Thursday December 3 is the date of both the President’s Jobs Summit and the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. We should seize the opportunity to examine the statute that creates the Federal Reserve: The Board of Governors of the Federal...

Wall Street's Favorite Meltdown Myth Bites the Dust

But Wall Street's mainstream critics still can't bring themselves to challenge the top executive 'right' to reap enormous riches. Great minds have been searching, ever since last fall’s financial sector meltdown, for an antidote to the wildly excessive Wall...

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