David Cameron’s veto of an EU integration plan reveals England’s deep skepticism about the union.
Budget
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Crash Diet
Obama still has time to redeem his food-production policy.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Republicans’ Governing Glossary
In this edition: the term for gutting government agencies by stalling on nominees
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Elizabeth Warren: Bailout Queen
Karl Rove’s latest ad has to set an all-time record for hypocrisy and factual inversion. The ad actually manages to blame Elizabeth Warren for the bank bailouts. As anyone who hasn’t spent the past three years in a cave must know, Warren has been the nation’s single most effective, relentless, and brave critic of the […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Wrong Fix
The deal to save the eurozone will hurt countries that can afford it the least.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Obama Rejects Trickle Down Economics
Obama decried income inequality fostered by misguided economics during a rousing speech Tuesday.
Posted inEconomic Policy
GOP vs. Job Creators
Despite their rhetoric about small businesses, Republicans side with millionaires when it comes down to it.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Police Raze Occupy DC Shelter
Will resistance give the protest movement in the nation’s capital the shot in the arm it needs?
Posted inEconomic Policy
GOP vs. Job Creators
Republican opposition to extending the payroll tax misses the point.
Posted inWorking in America
God Help Us
Will Rick Perry’s blend of Christian-right, small-government, and pro-corporate fervor land him in the White House?
