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Imus And Beyond
Today on TomPaine.com I offer my take on the Don Imus controversy, as well as that of Earl Ofari Hutchinson, who writes on another critical aspect of the flap for AlterNet. Yes, it's well-worn ground, but there are a couple of points that I thought it was important to...
Prescription Drug Battle Hits Senate - Your Voice Needed
The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire reports that the Senate's version of a bill lifting the ban on Medicare negotiating for lower drug prices, will be taken up in committee on Thursday. The expectation is that the full Senate will vote on it next week....
Prescription Drug Battle Hits Senate - Your Voice Needed
The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire reports that the Senate's version of a bill lifting the ban on Medicare negotiating for lower drug prices, will be taken up in committee on Thursday. The expectation is that the full Senate will vote on it next week....
"The most powerful mechanism of change is our right to vote"
Apollo Alliance President Jerome Ringo is featured in Newsweek's special issue on the environment. The following is his contribution to "16 Ideas for the Planet." Today the environment is at the forefront of everyone's thoughts, not only in this country but also...
Enough Tinkering
The following is a part of this week's TPMCafe Book Club group discussion of the new book "Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis -- and the People Who Pay the Price" by Jonathan Cohn Kudos to Jonathan for his important new book. One of the reasons we...
Enough Tinkering
The following post is a part of this week's TPMCafe Book Club group discussion of the new book "Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis -- and the People Who Pay the Price" by Jonathan Cohn. Kudos to Jonathan Cohn for his important new book. One of the...
Enough Tinkering
The following post is a part of this week's TPMCafe Book Club group discussion of the new book "Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis -- and the People Who Pay the Price" by Jonathan Cohn. Kudos to Jonathan Cohn for his important new book. One of the...
Newt Tries To Shift The Global Warming Debate
The Kerry-Newt debate on global warming wrapped up this morning (video is up on C-Span.org , more at John Kerry's blog). It may well shift the overall debate, away from the definitively answered “is global warming happening?” to “what do we do about it?” Crafty Newt...
Climate: Debating The Nondebatable
Newt Gingrich's style of debate was recently summed up this way by Paul Abrams of The Huffington Post (and Washington State's Apollo Alliance): "After his high-minded talk ... Newt immediately descends to the gutter, throwing out red meat to his base." So it was...
Climate: Debating The Nondebatable
Newt Gingrich's style of debate was recently summed up this way by Paul Abrams of The Huffington Post (and Washington State's Apollo Alliance): "After his high-minded talk ... Newt immediately descends to the gutter, throwing out red meat to his base." So it was...
