By Robert Borosage
We have lost a giant. The Senate is a smaller place today — a special measure of joy, political passion, irrepressible energy has been lost.
Edward Kennedy’s words, delivered as his 1980 presidential campaign came to an … Read more »
By Robert Reich
America has had a few precious individuals who are both passionate about social justice and also understand deep in their bones its practical meaning. And we have had a few who possess great political shrewdness and can … Read more »
By Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Nate Carlile, Zaid Jilani, and Brad Johnson
Just as “death panels” and “swastikas” poison the debate over President Obama’s health care reform agenda in town hall meetings across America, oil and … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
The debate over the “public option” in health care has been dismaying in many ways. Perhaps the most depressing aspect for progressives, however, has been the extent to which opponents of greater choice in health care have … Read more »
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
On a summer visit back to the farm here where I grew up, I think I figured out the central problem with modern industrial agriculture. It’s not just that it produces unhealthy food, mishandles waste and … Read more »
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Sen. Charles Grassley was grumping as usual on MSNBC on Monday morning (“the government is a predator, not a competitor”) when journalist Chuck Todd interrupted his rap with a serious question. If the Senate Finance Committee’s … Read more »
By PAUL KRUGMAN
According to news reports, the Obama administration — which seemed, over the weekend, to be backing away from the “public option” for health insurance — is shocked and surprised at the furious reaction from progressives.
A backlash … Read more »
By E.J. Dionne Jr.
Try a thought experiment: What would conservatives have said if a group of loud, scruffy leftists had brought guns to the public events of Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush?
How would our friends on the … Read more »
By Jonathan Alter | NEWSWEEK
Published Aug 15, 2009. From the magazine issue dated Aug 31, 2009
The United States has two parties now—the Obama Party and the Fox Party. The Obama Party is larger, but it is unfocused and … Read more »
By BOB HERBERT
It’s never a contest when the interests of big business are pitted against the public interest. So if we manage to get health care “reform” this time around it will be the kind of reform that benefits … Read more »
