By Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
Batting .000 in ’00s, US sees lost decade.
Have you ever seen “The Apotheosis of George Washington”? It’s a fresco painted on the ceiling of the Rotunda of the US Capitol, at the very center of … Read more »
… By Gail Collins – The New York Times.
Gloom pervades the land. Some people believe it’s the economy. Others blame the weather. I think it’s because the country is gradually coming to grips with the fact that Mitt Romney is … Read more »
By Robert Redford, Reader Supported News
When you challenge Big Oil in Houston, you can bet the industry is going to punch back. So when I wrote in the Houston Chronicle earlier this month that we should say no to … Read more »
By Ian Millhiser | September 16, 2011
Education is on the Tea Party’s chopping block. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ), pictured above, routinely grills education secretaries at congressional hearings, insisting that the Constitution does not authorize any federal involvement in education.… Read more »
By Maureen Dowd – New York Times.
WASHINGTON.
THERE are two American archetypes that were sometimes played against each other in old Westerns.
The egghead Eastern lawyer who lacks the skills or stomach for a gunfight is contrasted with the … Read more »
“The current terrorist threat does not justify the immense size of the homeland and intelligence spending. Nor does it justify a huge standing military force. The damage done to our country by our broken primary- and secondary-educational systems, climate change, … Read more »
By Paul Krugman – New York Times.
First things first: I was favorably surprised by the new Obama jobs plan, which is significantly bolder and better than I expected. It’s not nearly as bold as the plan I’d want in … Read more »
The Thom Hartmann Program.
The billionaire – and one of the richest men on the planet – had some advice for lawmakers when it comes to taxes. In an article in today’s New York Times – Buffett argued for his … Read more »
By E.J. Dionne Jr. – Washington Post.
President Obama has only one option as he ponders a world economy teetering on the edge: He needs to go big, go long and go global.
Obama should not be constrained by what … Read more »
