by Bill Scher | Dec 22, 2008 | Blog
After my post last week exposing a CNN report as a factually-challenged hit piece on infrastructure investment, fed by the conservative National Taxpayers Union, Pete Sepp from the NTU posted an
by Sam Pizzigati | Dec 22, 2008 | Blog, Economy
Has any year ever showcased greed as dramatically as 2008? We sift through the avarice to bring you the lowlights — and a little hope for a less greedy 2009. This time of year always seems to bring a never-ending barrage of “top ten” lists. The year’s top ten movies,...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 22, 2008 | Blog
President Bush took to the TV Friday to announce that he wouldn’t walk past the financial crash of America’s Big Three automakers and do nothing to save their lives. Refusing resuscitation, Bush said, would be irresponsible during the worst economic crisis since the...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 22, 2008 | Blog
This is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl He's lost in the wilderness He's lost in bitterness ~ James Brown, "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" It's been written many times already that 2008 was quite a year for women. Whether...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 21, 2008 | Blog
So, we got punked on the bailout? Here's an idea to keep in mind for a condition on the next $350 billion installment. If banks want to reward their investment bankers with bonuses, I say let 'em. So long as they follow the Credit Suisse example. Kudos to Credit...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 19, 2008 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Every once in a while, an idea gels in my head and I dismiss it, thinking to myself "Nah. I gotta be missing something. It can't be that. And then I hear someone who probably knows a lot more than I do about the subject at hand say pretty much what I'd been thinking...
