by Sam Pizzigati | Jan 6, 2010 | Blog
By nearly every measure, average Americans lost ground in the “Aughts.” They’ve been losing ground — to the rich — for three full decades now. Will the 'Teens' make that four? Pawn shops always do well in recessions. CEOs of pawn shops, at least these days, do even...
by Eric Lotke | Jan 6, 2010 | Blog
As someone who just published a novel and is looking to market it, I found this idea especially interesting. Deborah Emin of Sullivan Street Press called it to my attention. Now I share it as I can. Deborah calls the idea an “Itinerant Book Show.” The basic idea is...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 6, 2010 | Blog
i The fury and dialogue catalyzed by Joe Lieberman's unsurprising treachery on health care reform — along with futile efforts to court Olympia Snowe, and the dealmaking with Ben Nelson and other "Blue Dog" Democrats — underscores a Democratic division and...
by Bill Scher | Jan 6, 2010 | Blog
The New York Times reported today on The Fiscal Times scandal that has the Washington Post on the defensive. And the NYT framed the controversy in the exact right way (emphasis added): [The Fiscal Times'] financing was provided by Peter G. Peterson, the billionaire...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 6, 2010 | Blog
Note: This is an extended version of a "Letter to the Editor" I emailed to Newsweek upon seeing their December 19th issue. I know what was meant by it, but I couldn't help rolling my eyes when I read the subtitle of your December 19th issue: "People who matter, on...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 5, 2010 | Blog
Respected health writer Maggie Mahar ("Money-Driven Medicine") got curious and decided to fact-check the excise tax. Wisely, she follows the money - which in the world of health care follows the chronically ill. Her findings? ... 75 percent of our health care dollars...
