by Dave Johnson | Oct 8, 2009 | Blog
The Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics blog wrote this yesterday: Princeton University economist, author and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman won the Nobel Prize in economics last year for his work on international trade — so the guy knows what he’s...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 8, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
In the title tune to the 1934 musical Anything Goes,"Cole Porter says "times have changed," since the stock market crashed in 1929, but the super rich, like John D. Rockefeller Jr., "still can hoard enough money to let Max Gordon produce his shows." The lyrics also...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 8, 2009 | Blog
Glenn Beck has captured national attention with his caustic poison. The aging right-wing troubadours -- Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly—still rouse the wingnuts and enforce discipline among Republican legislators. They've peddled the fantasies about ACORN and the...
by Brian Dockstader | Oct 7, 2009 | Blog
A few weeks ago I wrote about the brazen hypocrisy with which conservatives in Congress met the revelation that a handful of ACORN employees gave stupid advice to two conservative operatives attempting to provoke them into saying just such stupid things. While...
by Bill Scher | Oct 7, 2009 | Blog
In July I speculated that Sen. Lamar Alexander might lead some Republicans to back a climate protection bill if Democratic leaders made some concessions regarding nuclear power. The prospect was tantalizing, as I noted then: "The Democratic caucus is not solid enough...
by Bill Scher | Oct 6, 2009 | Blog
At today's White House briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs cited new support from prominent Republicans outside of Washington, and said of those inside Washington, "They are wildly out of step with their co
