by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 11, 2009 | Blog
Thursday's U.S. Census Bureau report on poverty and income, which showed the poverty rate increasing from 12.5 percent in 2007 to 13.2 percent 2008 and the median household income falling during that period by an historic 3.6 percent, was a devastating indictment of...
by Sara Robinson | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog
True confessions: I missed the health care speech. While the whole lefty blogosphere was watching and blogging and tweeting, I was sacked out in my attic bedroom high on a mountainside in Vancouver, sleeping off a narcotic haze and the exhausting aftermath of a long...
by Brian Dockstader | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog, Economy
The reviews of President Obama's health care speech before a joint session of Congress have been fairly glowing. Most agree that the President made a strong case for health insurance reform and did a good job of explaining why the public option is important, even if...
by Bill Scher | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog
Earlier today on WHMP's Bill Dwight Show, I offered my analysis of President Obama's speech. The segment starts about five minutes in. Terrance Heath made the point earlier today that apparently we now need a grownup's table and a kid's table for Presidential...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog
I didn't see the president's speech on health care reform last night, because it fell right in the middle of the kids' bedtime. I read about it afterwards. But I couldn't believe this until I'd seen it myself. It happened at 8:40 pm, just after the president vowed to...
by Bill Scher | Sep 10, 2009 | Blog
After last night speech, I have no idea what President Obama's legislative strategy is regarding a public health insurance option. But I know he's made a public option more possible. And I know what needs to happen to get it done. Some pundits are looking at the...
