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Washington politicians are convinced that the public is demanding cuts in spending, even over creating jobs and restoring the economy. This pressure comes because much of the public believes that "Obama tripled the deficit." This has been the right's drumbeat for over...

Bob Herbert in the NY Times today, If a bank is too big to fail, it’s way too big to exist. If an oil well is too far beneath the sea to be plugged when something goes wrong, it’s too deep to be drilled in the first place. When are we going to stop behaving so...

As I write this, it's Memorial Day down in the US. All over the country, the flags are flying and the high school bands are playing and the parades are queuing up. (So are the shoppers, hitting the sales at the mall.) And of course, it wouldn't be Memorial Day In...

Here's an audio clip of an appearance yesterday with Hannah-Beth Jackson on Santa Barbara progressive radio to discuss the current state of financial reform and what activists can do to influence the outcome: Hannah Beth Jackson 0530 edited I edited out about a minute...

With millions of Americans out of work and hurting, lawmakers who claim they worry about budget deficits spent last week forcing 'compromises' that will save hedge fund kingpins billions in taxes. You want to lead a charmed existence? Just start up your own private...

There's a lot to admire about the President's consensus-seeking style, however frustrating it can be to activists. But his press conference yesterday, and the management problems that led up to it, show the limits of that style in times of crisis. Hopefully the oil...

Congress is a big FAIL on jobs and unemployment. The Senate is heading home instead of helping the unemployed, the House is FAILing on jobs unemployment and COBRA subsidies. Congress says they are worried about the deficit, but the deficit was The Plan. It is right in...