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Keep Dancing, Chuck
“As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing.” These now-immortal words of former Citibank President Charles “Chuck” Prince were uttered in July, as Citibank was about to lose billions in everything from mortgages to credit...
No Medication for Kids, No Stimulation For the Economy
As expected, today the conservative minority in the House obstructed the public will, sustained President Bush's veto of bipartisan legislation and denied four million kids health insurance. Advocates for children hoped that they could gain more votes by stressing...
As Recession Looms, Another SCHIP Veto
Tomorrow, the conservative minority in the House is expected to sustain President Bush's second veto of expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program. SCHIP has already successfully provided health coverage to six million kids, but nine million more remained...
Stealing Our Future: Conservatives, Foresight, and Why Nothing Works Anymore
Brad DeLong once said that "'Nobody could have foreseen ______' is the Bush administration's version of 'The dog ate my homework.'" It does seem to be their handy-dandy Swiss Army Knife, all-purpose explanation for the various disasters that have happened on their...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
The Sunday shows score their first question for the Watchdog in 2008! Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace did ask Mitt Romney about the federal lobbyists on his campaign team, despite his claim that he doesn't have any lobbyists running his campaign. Romney's response?...
It Takes a Movement
Wading into the storm kicked up by Sen. Hillary Clinton's comment that "it took a president" to turn Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of racial equality into a reality, Bill Moyers nails it on his January 18 commentary for his PBS show, "Bill Moyers' Journal": Many,...
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....
Katrina: Conservatism's Catastrophic Success
It's been a long time since I blogged about Katrina or its aftermath. But I was reminded of it by the steady stream of Katrina-related headlines I've been reading lately. You know, the drumbeat of actual news that barely breaks through the din surrounding stories of...
Fossil Fuel CEOs On Their Heels
Today's edition of Environment & Energy Daily (sub. req'd) reports on a conference featuring the chief lobbyists for the fossil fuel industries. And they're in panic mode. While David Parker, president and CEO of the American Gas Association, noted "general...
No Half-Stepping Stimulus
Democratic leaders in the House are currently sketching out the details of an economic stimulus package designed to soften the blow later this year of the now-apparent recession. But Robert Kuttner, founding co-editor of The American Prospect and the author of “The...
