by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 29, 2009 | Blog
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by Sara Robinson | Apr 29, 2009 | Blog
Somewhere back in February, about three weeks into the Obama Administration, everybody on the left suddenly noticed that there was something different going on with the conservatives. The outrageous screeds and paranoid delusions sounded pretty much as they always had...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 29, 2009 | Blog
Grading a president after 100 days always strikes me as presumptuous. The only real grade is an incomplete. And as good teachers will tell you, letter grades—as opposed to written evaluations—are inherently arbitrary and misleading. One thing is clear. If we're...
by Bill Scher | Apr 28, 2009 | Blog
At the 100 Day mark of the Obama Era, climate protection is behind health care for all. This shouldn't be and isn't a contest. Solving both domestic crises is critical to sustain our economy and our planet. And the fact that health care is farther along the political...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 28, 2009 | Blog
The warning, in retrospect, could not have been any clearer. It led to this unambiguous headline on CNN.com on September 17, 2004: "FBI warns of mortgage fraud 'epidemic'." Assistant FBI Director Chris Swecker said the booming mortgage market, fueled by low interest...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 24, 2009 | Blog
Economist Simon Johnson, in an interview Friday on "Bill Moyers' Journal," makes the case for why the nation needs a tough, independent inquiry into the financial crisis similar to the Pecora Commission of the 1930s. "Everyone is worried about the disproportionate...
