by Brian Dockstader | Aug 11, 2009 | Blog
O Sarah Palin, the gift that keeps on giving, no matter how earnestly we say, "no, really, we insist, we've had enough." We said this after Dr. Palin's informative essay, penned in the Washington Post about the big hoax of global warming and why we should do nothing...
by Sara Robinson | Aug 11, 2009 | Blog
Writing about fascism for an American audience is always a fraught business. Invariably, a third of the readers will dismiss the topic (and your faithful blogger's basic sanity) out of hand. Either they've got their own definition of fascism and whatever's going on...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 11, 2009 | Blog
Campaign for America’s Future has released a report, Pittsburgh —The Rest of the Story (pdf file, 12 pages). This report tells the story of "Pittsburgh's transition from the old to the new." A lot is happening in Pittsburgh this summer and fall. Netroots Nation is...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 11, 2009 | Blog
When Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in May tried to get a 15 percent limit on credit card rates added to a bill imposing new regulations on the industry, the amendment only received 33 votes—and only one from a Republican. That defeat, though, has not killed the...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 10, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
President Obama, at the "Three Amigos" summit today in Mexico, responded to Canadian and Mexican complaints about the “Buy American Clause” in the stimulus package, reiterated that the clause is legal within existing trade agreements and does not threaten our trading...
by Bill Scher | Aug 10, 2009 | Blog
Conservatives -- newfound lovers of political dissent -- are so very OUTRAGED at Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer for their USA Today oped, which says: "These [congressional town hall] disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid...
