by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 24, 2008 | Blog
In a memo posted at the Poynter Institute journalism website, David Cay Johnston, a former economics reporter at The New York Times, warned journalists about accepting at face value Bush administration claims that a crisis on Wall Street demands the rapid, drastic...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 19, 2008 | Blog
Almost overlooked in this morning's extraordinary headlines about government intervention to protect the nation's financial system from collapse was the failure of the House of Representatives on Thursday to act on a $50 billion stimulus package for the rest of us....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 17, 2008 | Blog
If Sen. John McCain isn't going to be honest about the impact of his health care plan, we're just going to have to get louder and more blunt about it. We've said it before, but it bears repeating: When McCain says he won't raise taxes, he's wrong. His health care plan...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 15, 2008 | Blog
Sen. John McCain appropriated huge chunks of populist rhetoric Monday in a speech about the Wall Street meltdown, promising to "reform the way Wall Street does business and put an end to the greed that has driven our markets into chaos." He even used a label for the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 10, 2008 | Blog
If politics play out as they normally do, Tuesday's report that the federal deficit has hit a record $407 billion this fiscal year, and is on its way to topping $500 billion by the time the next administration takes office in January, will have would-be liberal...
