by Bill Scher | May 22, 2008 | Blog
Seems like every time gas prices shoot up, Big Oil CEOs are summoned to Capitol Hill for a ritual hazing. It's appropriate. We taxpayers are supporting Big Oil with billions in federal tax subsidies. CEOs should have to testify and justify their public windfall. They...
by Terrance Heath | May 22, 2008 | Blog
I probably shouldn't be giving you advice, but maybe because I'm a progressive, I can't see someone in crisis without having a desire to help if I can. Besides, a couple of you guys have offered advice and suggestions to one Democratic candidate — not to mention...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2008 | Blog
Another Memorial Day, another stressful spike in gasoline prices. With most Americans denied access to convenient mass transit options and affordable alternative fuels, we'll be forced to pay through the nose yet again if we want to travel simply to see friends and...
by Terrance Heath | May 21, 2008 | Blog, Minimum Wage
Living in D.C., you can't help; crossing paths with some famous political names. In fact, you get used to it. But, as with most things, you never forget your first. And Ted Kennedy was my first. I was still new to D.C., having moved up from Georgia in the Summer of...
by Bill Scher | May 20, 2008 | Blog
Last year, the Supreme Court ordered the Bush administration to follow the law and treat greenhouse gas emissions as pollution under the Clean Air Act. And the Bush administration quickly snubbed the ruling, by denying states the ability under the Clean Air Act to...
by Bill Scher | May 19, 2008 | Blog
In the latest installment of This Week in Blog over at Bloggingheads.tv, Heritage Foundation's Conn Carroll discussed blogger reaction to McCain's incoherent global warming plan. Watch the segment below. It's always hard to keep up with conservative misinformation....
