by Leo Gerard | Nov 13, 2008 | Blog
Within hours of Barack Obama’s election, naysayers chastened caution. Don’t go too far, they inveighed. Build trust slowly with restrained, moderate, and gradual actions, they admonished. In other words: Start with piddling plans. Basically, they want to abort hope --...
by Bill Scher | Nov 12, 2008 | Blog, Minimum Wage
After the Democrats took over Congress in 2007, Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-Mont.) was a bit of a buzzkill, watering down progressive legislation regarding the minimum wage and prescription drug costs. And in the next Congress, as Ezra Klein suggested...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 12, 2008 | Blog
Conservatives started spinning even before the dancing stopped on election night. Obama's victory is impressive, but "this is still a center right nation," went the mantra. "This was a good Democratic year, says Bill Kristol, "but this is still a center-right country....
by Bill Scher | Nov 11, 2008 | Blog
On Fox News Sunday, leading House conservative Mike Pence looked at the success of ballot initiatives that deny equal marriage rights as evidence that conservatism remains healthy in America. Discussing how the Republican Party should move forward, Pence told host...
by Bill Scher | Nov 10, 2008 | Blog, Making it in America
So another irresponsible industry is in deep trouble and wants a government bailout. This time, it's the auto industry. General Motors is literally worth nothing, according to Deutsche Bank, and needs "external government intervention" to survive. Ford and Chrysler...
by Sara Robinson | Nov 10, 2008 | Blog
Tomorrow is Remembrance Day in Canada. In many ways, it is the most Canadian of all the statutory holidays we have here -- more heartfelt than Thanksgiving, more widely observed than Canada Day, more essential to the deep strain of honor in the Canadian character than...
