by Robert Borosage | Sep 9, 2009 | Blog
At a delightful dinner party the other night, our host, a cosmopolitan man with interests ranging from water in California to Sufism in India, punctuated a brief complaint about the economy by noting, "And of course, I'm a nut on trade" (meaning an ardent...
by Bill Scher | Sep 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Trigger Proposal Floated By Numerous Dems, Including Speaker The Treatment's Suzy Khimm speculates what Sen. Snowe's version of a trigger may look like:...
by Sara Robinson | Sep 8, 2009 | Blog
There's emerging evidence to suggest that, as the legitimate advertisers disappear, Glenn Beck's TV show may be relying more and more on financial life support from rich right-wingers -- with plenty of extra help from us taxpayers -- to stay on the air. Media Matters...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 8, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
At the recent Netroots Nation gathering in Pittsburgh bloggers toured the J. Edgar Thomson steel mill. I asked the plant manager about competitiveness. She said that labor costs are not a big factor in the cost competitiveness of Chinese steel; a major component of...
by Brian Dockstader | Sep 8, 2009 | Blog
I wrote last week about the absolutely shameful, shocking and appalling attacks from conservatives against President Obama in response to his plans to give students a back to school pep talk about the importance of education. I wrote at the time that the level of...
