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A New Progressive Era?
An Institute for America's Future op-a
Conservative Fiction: The New Deal Sucked!
As we are facing the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression as a result of conservative deregulation, it's only logical that we would look to how we successfully dealt with the last major economic crisis -- the progressive principles that shaped President...
Conservatives Sowing The Seeds Of Their Own Demise
The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder wrote yesterday: ...it might be dangerous for the Republican Party to elevate the stakes for this election to a death match between competing ideologies. If Barack Obama's victory is as decisive as it is shaping up to be, the Democrats can...
How Universal Health Care Changes Everything
With one fell stroke, giving Americans universal access to health care will undermine some of the deepest and most persi
Tax Cuts An Inefficient Stimulus
A federal spending program that only yielded 37 cents of benefit for every dollar spent, or even less, would generate sustained demands from the conservative chattering class that it be shut down. So why does the right keep selling extending President Bush's tax cuts...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
The Sunday shows go 0-for-3 for the Watchdog, but the softball questioning produced some notable information. Obama economic adviser Robert Rubin was not challenged on his past support for deregulation. Sen. John McCain and his economic adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin were...
The Middle Class's Share Of The Pie
Protestors disrupted a convention of mortgage financers in San Francisco this week, storming the stage as former Bush advisor Karl Rove spoke, heckling bankers with bullhorns and badgering a panel with demands for a foreclosure moratorium. Fear and frustration...
Weekend Watchdog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....
Can Conservatives Quit The Misinformation Addiction?
On Wednesday I lamented the conservative addiction to misinformation, citing the example of the false attacks on Sen. Barack Obama's tax plan, and specifically criticizing my regular bloggingheads.tv sparring partner Conn Carroll of the Heritage Foundation. The...
Is It 1929 All Over Again?
It was 79 years ago today that the 1929 Wall Street Crash marked the beginning of America's slide into the Great Depression. As we find ourselves in the middle of an economic crisis — during which the Great Depression has been referenced by just about everyone...
