by Bill Scher | Jun 16, 2008 | Blog
In the latest Bloggingheads.tv installment of "The Week In Blog" with The Heritage Foundation's Conn Carroll and myself, Conn offered a talking point I've been hearing a lot from conservatives lately: that America has the second highest corporate tax rate in the...
by Bill Scher | Jun 12, 2008 | Blog
Earlier this week, I noted that media stars Charlie Gibson and Maria Batriromo have pushed the idea that households earning $200,000 are not wealthy, even though they are in the top 3.5% of the country. This morning, conservative commentator Ben Stein upped the ante,...
by Bill Scher | Jun 12, 2008 | Blog
Both the Obama and McCain campaigns see a need to reach out to Sen. Hillary Clinton's predominantly female hard-core supporters. There is growing pressure on Obama to deliver a speech on sexism as good as his speech on race relations to retain Clinton backers. And...
by Bill Scher | Jun 11, 2008 | Blog
After passing last month a penny-ante compromise bill on energy, Senate leaders finally launched a real confrontation over the direction of our energy policy. And the Senate conservative minority was exposed, as they
by Bill Scher | Jun 10, 2008 | Blog
One of America's most well-known "business" journalists believes that households who earn more than $200,000 a year are "not rich." In reality, they make up the top 3.5% of all American households. CNBC's Maria Bartiromo made her mis-observation to the New York Post,...
