by Bill Scher | Oct 27, 2008 | Blog
The Sunday shows go 0-for-3 for the Watchdog, but the softball questioning produced some notable information. Obama economic adviser Robert Rubin was not challenged on his past support for deregulation. Sen. John McCain and his economic adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin were...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 25, 2008 | Blog
Protestors disrupted a convention of mortgage financers in San Francisco this week, storming the stage as former Bush advisor Karl Rove spoke, heckling bankers with bullhorns and badgering a panel with demands for a foreclosure moratorium. Fear and frustration...
by Bill Scher | Oct 24, 2008 | Blog
Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....
by Bill Scher | Oct 24, 2008 | Blog
On Wednesday I lamented the conservative addiction to misinformation, citing the example of the false attacks on Sen. Barack Obama's tax plan, and specifically criticizing my regular bloggingheads.tv sparring partner Conn Carroll of the Heritage Foundation. The...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 24, 2008 | Blog
It was 79 years ago today that the 1929 Wall Street Crash marked the beginning of America's slide into the Great Depression. As we find ourselves in the middle of an economic crisis — during which the Great Depression has been referenced by just about everyone...
by Robert Borosage | Oct 24, 2008 | Blog
It marks the end of an era. Alan Greenspan, the maestro, defender of the market fundamentalist faith, champion of deregulation, celebrator of exotic banking inventions, admitted Thursday in a hearing before Rep. Henry Waxman’s House Committee and Oversight and...
