Unlike healthcare reform where I have spent many hours researching the issue, I know very little about the substance of financial reform. My gut says it would be better to have an independent agency for Consumer Financial Protection but...
If you don't know you're in a war, you've already lost and corporations are counting on that.
The corporately owned media ignores that Obama's spending cuts are across the board and just hysterically point at those affecting Obama's constituency. Hmm...wonder why?
It's my observation that the country as a whole has a serious case of what can best be termed American Attention Deficit Disorder - (AADD). A really good example of how this works is actually occurring right now in...
Join us tonight to live blog during Pres. Obama's Jobs Speech before a joint session of Congress. Until then, feel free to comment about your thoughts about what he should say, what we should do to get our economy back on track and how all of this connects with the 2012 elections.
President Obama delivers his State of the Union address tonight at 6:00 pm PST/9:00 pm EST. You're invited to join us tonight for a special Live Chat during this address and the Republican response to it.
The Emperor With No Clothes looks to be buying himself another transparent suit today. Mitt Romney is expected to win the Florida GOP Primary tonight but we will be live blogging throughout the day so please feel free to join us!
If you could offer one resolution to President Obama that he could commit to in the upcoming year, what would it be? And just for fun, what predictions would you make for 2014?
Pres. Obama and Congress have now turned to focus on passing financial reforms that are long overdue. Fox News and the Republicans tried trotting out the same Goebbels/Rove playbook on this one but it's really hard to convince people...
The loss of integrity in today's corporate journalism stands out in great contrast against the legacy of the remarkable Bill Moyers.
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