by Alan Jenkins | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
Ten New Year’s Resolutions for The Obama Administration In 2010: 1. I will inspire. I am one of the most charismatic orators of our generation, but as president, I’ve moved away from that critical element of my leadership. While my speech to the Muslim world in Cairo...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
Conventional wisdom has it that print journalism (and its editorial columns) are dead. Tell it to Bob Herbert. His column lambasting the excise tax went viral today on both the left and right ends of the Internet spectrum, despite having originating in what some have...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog
Paul Krugman says Dean Baker is right, Dean Baker is right: it’s bizarre to report that Chinese officials are (a) worried about inflation and (b) determined not to let their currency appreciate without noting that these are contradictory policies.What Dean Baker wrote...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 28, 2009 | Blog
The President came close to endorsing the so-called "Cadillac tax" when he was interviewed about health reform on NPR. Here's what the President said when the subject came up: "I'm on record as saying that taxing Cadillac plans that don't make people healthier, but...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 28, 2009 | Blog
Leo W. Gerard: Tom, your new book, Up From Wall Street: The Responsible Investment Alternative, provides both cautionary tales for those responsible for investing workers’ pension funds and a field guide of practical assistance for institutional investors who want to...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 26, 2009 | Blog
Mike Elk couldn't have been more right in his thinking about what Martin Luther King, Jr. would have thought of the Teabaggers, Birthers, etc. He would have seen that those faces that at first glance seem twisted in anger are really twisted in pain. He would recognize...
