By Bill Scher
The NY Times lede today said the White House “willing to compromise and would consider a proposal for a nonprofit health cooperative being developed in the Senate.”
Compromise with who?
What Republicans have said he or she … Read more »
By Robert Borosage
The editors of the Wall Street Journal say that the public option in health care reform has been “sent to the death panel.” Obama “concedes” the public option, reports the Financial Times. Even liberals seem to agree. … Read more »
By Joe Conason
When Republican politicians and right-wing talking heads bemoan the fictitious “death panels” that they claim would arise from health care reform, they are concealing a sinister reality from their followers. The ugly fact is that every year … Read more »
By Tom Hamburger and David G. Savage
Newly released documents show Bush’s top political aide focused on GOP calls to oust New Mexico’s top U.S. prosecutor. Other Bush aides lobbied the Justice Dept. on other issues, the documents show.
Reporting … Read more »
By Arianna Huffington
The White House is in full scramble mode, trying to walk back last week’s reports that the administration had struck a deal with Big Pharma promising to remove from its health care overhaul the ability of Medicare … Read more »
By Timothy Egan
In Egypt, 43 percent of people think Israel was behind the 9/11 attacks in America, a poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org found last year.
In the United States, six percent of Americans say the moon landing of 40 years … Read more »
By Paul Krugman
So it seems that we aren’t going to have a second Great Depression after all. What saved us? The answer, basically, is Big Government.
Just to be clear: the economic situation remains terrible, indeed worse than almost … Read more »
By FRANK RICH
“AUGUST is a challenging time to be president,” said Andrew Card, the former Bush White House chief of staff, as he offered unsolicited advice to his successors in a television interview last week. “I think you have … Read more »
This weekend, citizens from around the world will tune into one of the biggest concert events in history. Live Earth, organized under the leadership of former Vice President Al Gore, will hold concerts in seven cities around the globe, broadcast … Read more »
