By PAUL KRUGMAN
President Obama laid out a number of good ideas in his State of the Union address. Unfortunately, almost all of them would require spending money — and given Republican control of the House of Representatives, it’s hard … Read more »
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By Henry Decker, National Memo
President Barack Obama presented an unabashedly liberal blueprint for his second term in his State of the Union address, repeatedly challenging Congress to enact policies that support a growing middle class – and the agenda … Read more »
By Patrick Rucker, Deborah Zabarenko, Reuters
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday gave Congress an ultimatum on climate change: craft a plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to the dangers of a warming world, or the White House … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN – New York Times.
Last week Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, gave what his office told us would be a major policy speech. And we should be grateful for the heads-up about the speech’s majorness. Otherwise, … Read more »
By Jason Sattler, The National Memo
It turns out that it’s a myth that more women are victims of domestic violence on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year. But it is true that this is the … Read more »
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
Exactly a century ago, on February 3, 1913, the 16th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, authorizing a federal income tax. Congress turned it into a graduated tax, based on “capacity to pay.”
It … Read more »
By Nicholas Kusnetz, Rolling Stone.
Climate scientists have shed new light on a serious threat to our way of life: black carbon. (No, it’s not a metal band, though there is one that’s pretty close.) New research suggests that this … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Three years ago, a terrible thing happened to economic policy, both here and in Europe. Although the worst of the financial crisis was over, economies on both sides of the Atlantic remained deeply depressed, with very high … Read more »
