by Bill Scher | Jun 23, 2009 | Blog
Last night came the surprising news that Speaker Pelosi is speeding the comprehensive clean energy and climate protection bill to the House floor this week despite uncertainty whether it will pass. And today, President Obama sought to boost the bill's chances by...
by Brian Dockstader | Jun 23, 2009 | Blog
This morning my breakfast was ruined, ruined by an anti-health care reform ad on TV. Now I've seen innumerable slimy, disingenuous attacks ads in my days, but for some reason this one in particular struck a nerve. Perhaps it was just that the flat-out lies and...
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...
