by Bill Scher | May 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
Confirmation Expected of First Latina Supreme Court Justice NYT sizes up the SCOTUS battle ahead, or lack thereof: "The left was quiet Tuesday. Aside from commending the president’s pick of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, most liberal groups kept their comments to a minimum so...
by Bill Scher | May 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
Waxman Has The Votes "Henry Waxman has had just about enough ... [he] is giving [Republicans] until the end of Thursday to keep playing around, he told the Huffington Post" before moving to a final committe vote on the clean energy and climate protection bill. CQ...
by Eric Lotke | Apr 13, 2009 | Blog
Tax day is coming, and people are sad. But the problem isn’t taxes. The problem is fairness. Who pays taxes, and who gets the benefits. Today the Institute for America's Future publishes a new report that documents what we already know. The tax code is unfair, tilted...
by Sara Robinson | Apr 7, 2009 | Blog
Terrance's last post heroically set out and engaged the two dominant scenarios about the American future that progressives seem to be wrestling with right now. These two scenarios might be described as: 1) Permanent Decline -- Due to Americans' native...
by Bill Scher | Apr 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
Gates Seeks Military Budget Reform ... But It Is Enough? NYT: "Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced a major reshaping of the Pentagon budget on Monday, with deep cuts in many traditional weapons systems but new billions of dollars for others, along with more...
