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Weekend Watchdog

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....

10 days That Changed Capitalism

By Rob Johnson and Robert Borosage The world has changed.  The market fundamentalism that has dominated our economics over last three decades has been unmasked as a sham, deemed useless by the guardian of the integrity of finance itself, the Federal...

Great Moments In Straight Talk

After Sen. McCain's speech on the credit crisis, our own Robert Borosage wrote: "John McCain delivered what was billed as a major policy address on the crisis – and advocated….essentially doing nothing more." Yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama made a similar charge: "In his...

Gallup gets it wrong

A brand new Gallup poll reports: “Americans prioritize protecting the environment over economic growth by 49% to 42% -- but this seven-point margin is near the low of the past couple of decades.” This simple, perhaps disappointing poll, hides as much as it reveals....

Born-Again Americans and That Old-Time (Civil) Religion

Can we progressives -- who won't be caught dead these days calling ourselves liberals -- can we stop serving as a punching bag for the right? And speak with depth and conviction about the things that really matter to us? Once and for all, can we break through the...

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