by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 23, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
President Obama will get an opportunity in the coming weeks to show American workers that he has the mettle to get tough with China when that country flouts the basic principles of fair trade, and it will be on an issue in which he does not have the luxury of...
by Leo Gerard | Jun 22, 2009 | Blog
Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele appears to be suffering from philosophical identity confusion. He’s got an organization named United STEELE Workers Union, white hardhat emblem and all, collecting members for him on Facebook. It had 255 worldwide as of June...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jun 21, 2009 | Blog, Economy
In a down economy, apologists for the awesomely affluent are having to dig deep for inspiration. In the process, they're getting dirty and looking dopey. In tough economic times, work for some people can suddenly become significantly more difficult. Take, for...
by Bill Scher | Jun 21, 2009 | Blog
The Senate and the Beltway media got the vapors last week when the Congressional Budget Office estimated the government cost of two draft Senate health care proposals to be above $1 trillion. With the media presenting the preliminary CBO price tag devoid of any...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jun 19, 2009 | Blog
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., has been doing his best to block the most critical element of health care reform—a public health insurance option that can keep private insurers honest. Behind the scenes, progressive groups are preparing to fight back with the proposals that...
by Sara Robinson | Jun 18, 2009 | Blog
It's been a wild couple of weeks for those of us in the wingnutology business. Our services have been in tremendous demand as the mainstream media tries to sort out the meaning of what Scott Roeder and James von Brunn did. I've done an average of one radio show every...
