by Robert Borosage | Oct 17, 2012 | Blog
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less."
"The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many different things."
"The question is," said Humpty Dumpty,...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog
Two items in the news: a congressional committee warns that Chinese telecom companies might be spying on us, and the Secretary of Defense warns about "cybersecurity." One report even says that Chinese-made equipment used in businesses here sends data to China at...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog
Last summer I compared the GOP to a mutinous first-mate on the Titanic, steering the economy into an iceberg in hopes of taking over when the captain goes with the ship, while forgetting that they're "in the same boat." If our economy was the RMS Titanic, Republicans...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Democracy Corps distributed a polling memo Monday that put its finger squarely on a frustration among progressives with President Obama's campaign for re-election that had been simmering long before his disastrous first debate. Simply put, Obama is failing to...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog
President Obama and Governor Romney continue to take to the airwaves with competing ads that claim each is tougher than the other in confronting China's predatory trade practices. In battleground states like Ohio, Obama has run television spots that tout the tariffs...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog
Not so long ago, the U.S.-China Business Council released a study showing that U.S. exports to China have risen over the past decade. Their point was, isn't this great-- trade with China means that U.S. exports keep growing.It's all in the way you spin the data,...
