by Bill Scher | Oct 11, 2009 | Blog
Last week, I struck a hopeful note after GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham expressed interest in a climate bill compromise that included a carbon cap in exchange for support for some nuclear power and coastal drilling. But my expectations it would really happen remained low....
by Dave Johnson | Oct 11, 2009 | Blog
I'm reading a a review of"Capitalism: A Love Story" at naked capitalism, and came across this, "I grew up in small towns dominated by manufacturing plants, and I remember that they were prosperous, optimistic, and stable. People who had good jobs at the local mill...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 9, 2009 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
Short-term gains for a few. Long-term harm to the rest of us. Again and again we have seen American industries exported, the plants closed, the jobs lost, and government officials just letting it happen. The workers in the other countries are almost always paid less...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 9, 2009 | Blog
Don't miss the Bill Moyers show tonight. He's got Simon Johnson, the former IMF economist and Rep. Marcy Kaptur looking at how Wall Street dominates Washington -- from the White House to Congress. Eyeopening stuff: Arianna Huffington published an excerpt from the...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 9, 2009 | Blog
Wow. Break out the spatulas, and get ready to scrape the exploded brains of right-wingers off the ceiling, walls, etc. Apparently, President Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. US President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee...
by Bill Scher | Oct 8, 2009 | Blog
After all year repeatedly citing Congressional Budget Office
