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George Wills Problem With Government By We the People
In a column today, Hubris heading for a fall, George Will lays out his problem with America's system of decision-making by We, the People. The idea that America's problem of governance is one of inadequate resources misses this lesson of the last half-century: No...
Set the Course Obamas Challenge in the State of the Union
Will the president's State of the Union address next Tuesday be another transcendent Obama moment? As we've witnessed repeatedly, from the moment he burst on the national scene at the 2004 Democratic Convention in Boston to last week in Tucson, President Obama can...
Set The Course Create 1 Million Jobs In 2011
In the much-buzzed-about Sunday New York Times Magazine article by Peter Baker on President Obama's search for an "exciting" jobs plan that could be offered in his State of the Union address next week, a White House adviser describes Obama as "really frustrated that...
Here Are Some Exciting Job Ideas For SOTU
The White House Looks for Work is an online preview of a coming story by Peter Baker in the NY Times Magazine, looking behind the scenes in the White House as they tried to move "from crisis to anemic recovery." Baker reports on a late-December meeting to prepare for...
Time to Wield the Foreign Policy Stick
America plays the role of abused partner in its relationship with China. Although the Asian giant repeatedly injures U.S. industry by violating international trade rules, America has responded, almost exclusively, by pleading and begging for China to stop. China says...
Progressive Breakfast - 1/20/2011
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Establishment Waking Up On China....
Progressive Breakfast
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. Establishment Waking Up On China....
Fix Foreclosure Fraud With a Borrowers Bill of Rights
People are debating the need for a "systemic fix"to address the foreclosure crisis. What we really need is a systemic redesign, from the ground up. Fortunately, the design was laid down centuries ago - by 800 years of law, and by the idea that free people are entitled...
Only People Can Vote—Only People Should Finance Campaigns
Introducing the Citizens Election Amendment…. Version 1.0 Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided the Citizens United case exactly one year ago tomorrow, saying that the Constitution gives corporations the freedom to spend without limit to influence American elections,...
The China Currency Battle
As Chinese President Hu Jintao visits Washington one subject being discussed is China's currency manipulation. China keeps its currency "weak" because it mean goods made in China have a huge price advantage in world markets. This is part of a larger national strategy...
