Bill Moyers: Championing The Robin Hood Tax
Moyers talks to RoseAnn DeMoro, who heads the largest registered nurses union in the country, and will lead a Chicago march protesting economic inequality on May 18th. DeMoro is championing the Robin Hood Tax, a small government levy the
My Pledge To The GOP
First of all, I pledge not to choke the living crap out of the next Republican who tries to feed me this line of horse manure. Because that would be "wrong." (Actually, it would be good on so many other levels -- but legally? Wrong.)
I happen
It's Time To Get Tough With China
Paul Krugman has a terrific column out today about China, and why it's absolutely crucial that the US join Japan in calling out the Chinese for keeping their currency weak in order to continue feeding their trade surplus.
Some background: If
If Municipal Bonds Crash, Our State And Local Governments Go With Them. Are They Next?
This kind of corruption is what I attempted to explain to City Hall reporters when I was working in my city's mayoral primary, but they weren't all th
Chris Wallace Is Very Upset Because John Brennan Scolded The Republicans
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John Brennan, who isn't beloved by the left has actually been speaking up for the administration quite forcefully against the Republ
So Now We Know Why Wall St. Doesn't Want Health-Care Reform: Death Panels!
So now we know who the real death panelists are!
After the mortgage business imploded last year, Wall Street investment banks began searching for ano
Goldman Sachs In London: Massive Profits, Fat Bonuses.
Do you ever get the feeling that the class war is over, and their side won? Money for these guys - but massive conniptions over paying for national he
Hidden Public Pension Liabilities Could Trigger $1 Trillion Bailout
Go read the whole thing, if you have the stomach. See, this is the whole thing about the Republican-dominated economic policies of the past three deca
Open Thread
LA Weekly: "[Ray Bradbury's] fear in 1953 that television would kill books has, he says, been partially confirmed by television’s effect on substan
Late Night Open Thread
Late Night Open Thread
"Barry Bonds is reportedly now the target of a federal government's month-long probe into whether or not the slugger committe
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