by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 7, 2008 | Blog
Our friend Bill Moyers is asking an interesting question: “What’s the one book you wish the winning presidential candidate would take to the White House?” For the next few hours, Moyers is inviting people to post responses on his blog. He will share the top responses,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 7, 2008 | Blog
Once again, an obstinate Republican minority in the Senate vetoes the majority will, this time on a stimulus package that had bipartisan legislative and broad public support. Forty senators voted to filibuster the Senate version of the plan, a combination of tax...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 4, 2008 | Blog
As a detailed outline of how the government will spend your tax dollars in fiscal year 2009, which starts October 1, the budget submitted to Congress by President Bush on Monday is virtually worthless. But as a way to contrast the misplaced — and, frankly, immoral —...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 24, 2008 | Blog
The early reviews are in on the economic stimulus plan that has emerged out of talks between the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelost and House Minority John Boehner. And they are not kind. The Economic Policy Institute's Lawrence Mishel and Nancy Cleeland write...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 20, 2008 | Blog
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,...
