New York Times Editorial.
Nearly a year ago, as the Obama administration issued a first draft of its plan to reform the financial system, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner forcefully — and correctly — declared that anything less than a total … Read more »
Editorial — New York Times.
Clients were understandably furious when Anthem Blue Cross, the largest for-profit health insurer in California, announced huge rate increases for people who buy their own insurance: an average increase of 25 percent, and a 35 … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN — New York Times.
Health insurance premiums are surging — and conservatives fear that the spectacle will reinvigorate the push for reform. On the Fox Business Network, a host chided a vice president of WellPoint, which has … Read more »
The Progress Report.
At his inauguration, President Obama offered a simple response to the ideologues who would drown government in a bathtub. “The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether … Read more »
By E.J. Dionne Jr. — The Washington Post.
If you want to be honest, face these facts: At this moment, President Obama is losing, Democrats are losing and liberals are losing.
Who’s winning? Republicans, conservatives, the practitioners of obstruction and … Read more »
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN — New York Times.
Of the festivals of nonsense that periodically overtake American politics, surely the silliest is the argument that because Washington is having a particularly snowy winter it proves that climate change is a … Read more »
By FRANK RICH — New York Times.
A funny thing happened after Adm. Mike Mullen called for gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military: A curious silence befell much of the right. If this were a Sherlock … Read more »
By Paul Krugman — New York Times.
We’ve always known that America’s reign as the world’s greatest nation would eventually end. But most of us imagined that our downfall, when it came, would be something grand and tragic.
What we’re … Read more »
Shahien Nasiripour — Huffington Post.
Bailout watchdog and middle-class advocate Elizabeth Warren is accusing Wall Street CEOs of abusing the public’s trust and is challenging them to step up and support financial reform — for the nation’s benefit as well … Read more »
By Robert Borosage — OurFuture.org
Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mi) and chair of the House Judiciary Committee today introduced an amendment to the Constitution to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizen’s United that gave corporations … Read more »
