by Bill Scher | Mar 26, 2008 | Blog
Over at Beat The Press, economist Dean Baker spots more disinformation from the Bush administration to undermine our pillars of retirement security: Bush Appointees Use Trustee Position to Advance Political Agenda That would have been the appropriate headline for a...
by Terrance Heath | Mar 26, 2008 | Blog
Like some middle class kids in my generation, education was a high priority. In my house it was emphasized as the doorway to upward mobility. (The idea of learning for learning's sake was something I discovered later.) If I wanted a "good job," I'd better...
by Bill Scher | Mar 26, 2008 | Blog
The New York Times "Caucus" blog asserts: "There’s also the matter of whether Senator Obama is too liberal to bring about the change and bipartisan unity he speaks about." Has the media ever the raised the question if a candidate is "too conservative" to bring about...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 26, 2008 | Blog
One in ten homes is “under water” – worth less than their mortgages. 2 million homeowners are headed to foreclosure. The shadow banking system verges on collapse. Banks across world are shaken. The world fears global recession. Fearful of a catastrophic unraveling,...
by Robert Borosage | Mar 25, 2008 | Blog
Our McCain ad struck a chord, eliciting both reason and vitriol. It strikes me that it is worth being clear what the ad says and doesn’t say. Other than the bad French accent, it isn’t anti-French, xenophobic or “racist.” It doesn’t accuse the French of taking jobs...
by Bill Scher | Mar 25, 2008 | Blog
Pat Buchanan's latest rantings, put in their place by Isaiah, are merely the starkest evidence of a conservative effort to undermine the objective of Sen. Barack Obama's historic "A More Perfect Union" address, the objective of unity. Not all conservatives are trying...
