by Terrance Heath | Mar 30, 2009 | Blog
I missed president Obama's press conference. (Probably because it took place during the 2.5 hours of family time we have — including dinner — before the kids go to bed, and because afterwards I was either too busy catching up on reading and/or writing, or too tired to...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 27, 2009 | Blog
I don't know whether to praise the Republicans or pity them. On one hand, they've been given chance after chance to "bring it," in term of ideas to address the crises we face — an act of astounding generosity, if you ask me, extended to a party that...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 24, 2009 | Blog
Last week, when the fury over AIG bonuses was just peaking, I read something that jolted me out of own anger and into a realization: After a transformational election and at the beginning of a transformational presidency, progressives need to remember: the real...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 20, 2009 | Blog
I've seen more than one op-ed or blog post about why the idea of taxing bonuses handed out by banks that accept bailout funds — as the House just voted to do — is a bad idea.What I haven't heard is a better one. Plans to tax bonuses at financial institutions that have...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 19, 2009 | Blog
This is one of those times when I really hate to say, "Told ya so." But... Well, I did. It was bloggers, by the way, who broke the news that the CEO salary restrictions in the TARP bill were toothless. It was bloggers who infiltrated today's equivalent of a smokey...
