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The Great Battle of 2009
By Bernie Horn
November 16th, 2008
Without an economic recovery program of unprecedented size and scope, our economy will fall into a deep recession, putting all of our progressive goals in serious jeopardy.... more »
The Center-Left Nation
November 12th, 2008
Sure, this is a center-right country, but only if you substitute addition for analysis. There are more conservatives than liberals — as there has been for years. So add them to the 44% of the electorate that says they are "moderates," and you get a center-right majority. But do a little analysis. "Moderate" isn't a place holder, as voters who describe themselves that way have attitudes on the issues of the day. And when you look at attitudes, rather than addition, there is no question: Conservatives have had their day. This is a center-left, not a center-right nation.... more »
The Next Bailout: Handouts or Hybrids?
By Bill Scher
November 10th, 2008
So another irresponsible industry is in deep trouble and wants a government bailout. This time, it's the auto industry. General Motors is literally worth nothing, according to Deutsche Bank, and needs "external government intervention" to survive. more »
Hallelujah! And Now, The Work Begins
November 5th, 2008
Americans wake today to a new dawn, a new possibility.
You don't have to drink the Kool-Aid to appreciate how extraordinary this is. We will look at one another with new eyes. We are a better, bigger, more generous, more optimistic people than many—particularly Karl Rove's acolytes in the McCain campaign—assumed.
What's at Stake
By Bernie Horn
November 2nd, 2008
There’s no doubt that George W. Bush’s administration has been a catastrophe, and that historians will one day rank him as one of our nation’s very worst presidents. It’s not because Bush has been incompetent, it’s because his team has pursued goals that violate our nation’s basic principles. more »
A New Progressive Era?
October 29th, 2008
If, as seems likely, Sen. Barack Obama is elected and Democrats win greater majorities in both houses of Congress, will we witness a new era of bold progressive change, a 21st-century Green New Deal? Certainly many of the elements are present:... more »
How Universal Health Care Changes Everything
October 28th, 2008
With one fell stroke, giving Americans universal access to health care will undermine some of the deepest and most persi more »
Is It 1929 All Over Again?
October 24th, 2008
It was 79 years ago today that, the 1929 Wall Street Crash marked the beginning of America's slide in to the Great Depression. As we find ourselves in the middle of an economic crisis — during which the Great Depression has been referenced by just about everyone — I decided to make the anniversary by talking with economist and author Robert Kuttner about how we got to the Crash of 1929 to Meltdown 2008, and how we can avoid a repeat of what followed the 1929 crash.
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Latest From Our Bloggers
nov
19
2008
3:18 pm
3:18 pm
I have long been amused (and somewhat confused) by certain bizarre conservative rallying cries. At political rallies you'll hear people chanting "USA" and cheering for low taxes, as would be expected. But then they wildly explode when the politician says the words ... tort reform? It's like some magical incantation that is only understood by those who are members of the tribe. The literal term can't possibly be meaningful to most people unless they think this has something to do with baked goods. Yet they scream and shout in a near frenzy at the mere mention of the phrase. It's clearly Pavlovian talk radio conditioning. more »
nov
19
2008
1:35 pm
1:35 pm
A quick lexicographic note: Seems to me the term "Team of Rivals" is the new euphemism for "bipartisanship," which unto itself has always been a synonym for "buypartisanship" (ie. bipartisan corporatism) and "Broderism" (the principle, championed by Washington Post columnist David Broder, that bipartisanship is an inherent virtue regardless of what it is in pursuit of). more »
nov
19
2008
1:02 pm
1:02 pm
If you ever wondered what the insurance companies do with our premium dollars other than pay out claims here is one answer: they invest our money in the stock market. When the market is good, these investments generate even bigger profits for them. When it’s not, it means higher premiums for us.
nov
19
2008
12:21 pm
12:21 pm
The forces of workplace authoritarianism have gotten far too far with their propaganda that the Employee Free Choice Act, designed to make it easier for workers who want to join a union to do so, only oppose this common-sense reform because it is un-American: that it eliminates the "secret ballot" in unio more »
nov
19
2008
12:18 pm
12:18 pm
Rick explored why Mitt Romney is compelled to bury his home state of Michigan and the automobile industry that generated his family's wealth. Let's also explore the fertilizer he's using. more »
nov
19
2008
11:11 am
11:11 am
My fine colleague Terrence Heath has been riffing out a new concept to explain the latest turn of our right-wing friends: "drop dead conservatism." As in the infamous 1975 New York Post headline, "Ford To City: Drop Dead," reporting on the 38th president's avowal that he would rather see New York City go bankrupt than approve a bailout more »
nov
18
2008
3:55 pm
3:55 pm
What do you do after a huge number of new swing-district Democrats win office promising to reform NAFTA? Apparently, if you are D.C. Democrats, you do this: more »
nov
18
2008
2:15 pm
2:15 pm
I haven't done much blogging here this week and last, partly because I'm still cogitating upon what the hell really happened to conservatism on November 4, and partly because I've been doing much of that cogitating aloud, on the road, in speeches and panel discussions that obliging souls booked me for long ago on the presumption that I would have something wise and useful to say about "Nixonland" more »
nov
18
2008
12:54 pm
12:54 pm
Seems to me that House and Senate leaders have declared an all-out war on "the Left." In fact, "seems" is the wrong word. It doesn't "seem" like that. They are actually saying it explicitly. more »
nov
18
2008
12:17 pm
12:17 pm
A safe prediction: Compared with the Bush Administration, the Obama Administration is going to invest more public dollars in rebuilding and modernizing American infrastructure. more »
