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Moyers' Postal Protest
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers is using his PBS show, Bill Moyers' Journal, to raise the public profile of a postal rate change that has been stirring anger in the progressive press for weeks. Earlier this month, the price of a first-class stamp went up two...
Immigration Deal: Glorious Center or Mushy Middle?
Nativist conservatives are in full foam over the new immigration deal,
False Choices
Blue Climate flags this New York Times article about a study from the economic research arm of management consultant giant McKinsey & Company, backing strong government standards on energy efficiency. Blue Climate makes the common sense point that: "Energy efficiency...
$1 Billion For Green Buildings
Speakers at the Apollo Summitin Washington earlier this year emphasized the importance of making our buildings energy efficient, slashing carbon emissions and creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs. The Los Angeles chapter of the Apollo Alliance talked...
Why You're Needed At 'Take Back America'
Our blog posts show how too many in power either ignore, misunderstand or underestimate what we the people told Washington in November. That's why we're looking to have more than 3,000 progressives rock the nation's capital June 18-20 at Take Back America 2007....
Subpoenas For Rove & Co.?
Throughout the short history of "Weekend Watchdog", I keep asking why doesn't Senate Judiciary Chair Pat Leahy actually issue subpoenas for Karl Rove and other White House officials to testify about the Prosecutor Purge. The committee has authorized Leahy to issue...
A Billion For Green Buildings
At our Apollo Summit, speakers emphasized the importance of making our buildings energy efficient, slashing carbon emissions and creating hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs. The Los Angeles chapter of the Apollo Alliance talked about raising $100 million to...
American Health Care Flunked Again
There's more proof today that America's health care system, far from being what presidential candidate and former Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson last week called "the absolute best in the world," lags far behind those of other major countries and...
Days Are Numbered for Ineffective Abstinence Ed
The key to building trust in government is to show deep understanding of the difference between effective and ineffective government -- putting our tax dollars into what works, scrapping or revamping programs that don't work. Thankfully, some ineffective government...
An End To Abstinence Boondoggle?
The key to building trust in government is to show deep understanding of the difference between effective and ineffective government—putting our tax dollars into what works, scrapping or revamping programs that don't work. Thankfully, some ineffective government...
