by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 23, 2009 | Blog
While conservatives offer tax cuts as an all-purpose elixir, whether they make sense or not, the truth is that our tax code is out of whack and we should be thinking about progressive reforms. Laura Kalick, a veteran tax attorney based in Washington, has been thinking...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 23, 2009 | Blog
The missive that House conservatives issued early Friday may be called an "economic recovery plan," but it is as threadbare as the big discount goods store that went belly-up in my neighborhood a few weeks ago and is now in the final days of bankruptcy liquidation....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 22, 2009 | Blog
Conservative leaders are using news of a Congressional Budget Office report released this week to argue that much of what is in President Obama's economic recovery plan is a waste of money because most of the money can't be spent before at least 2011, and thus won't...
by Leo Gerard | Jan 22, 2009 | Blog
Symbols of the 16th president of the United States surround the 44th. And they did so from the beginning. Barack Obama, formerly a Senator from Illinois, announced his plan to run for president on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday from the steps of the Old State Capitol in...
by Robert Borosage | Jan 22, 2009 | Blog
"A man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath." It was not the words, but this transcendent reality that evoked the tears at Barack Obama's inauguration Tuesday. The...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 21, 2009 | Blog
"Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountain top. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned...
