TARP Overseer and consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren talks about the Obama administration’s role in push for a new consumer protection authority.
Conservatism
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Did the Founding Fathers Screw Up?
Gridlock in Washington is no accident. It’s built into the Constitution.
Posted inEconomic Policy
History’s Missed Moment
Why did the greatest failure of laissez-faire capitalism since the Great Depression lead to a turn to the right rather than the left in both Europe and the U.S.?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Solidarity Squandered
The September 11 attacks brought us together until we let them turn us against each other–and damn near everyone else.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Global Patriot Act
From the end of World War II to the start of the “global war on terror,” international law provided crucial support for the promotion of human rights around the world. But the response to the September 11 attacks has had a profound and little-appreciated impact on international law with devastating global consequences for human rights, […]
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The 9/11 President
If the attacks hadn’t occurred, it’s impossible to imagine Barack Obama would have been elected—but the legacy of those attacks continues to burden his presidency.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Forget the Super Congress
A lot of punditry today is being directed at the super-committee of 12 that the debt-ceiling deal establishes, ostensibly to bring our fiscal house in order. But God knows why. The idea that the Republicans on the committee will accede to any tax increases — after House Republicans read John Boehner the riot act for […]
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Whose Point of View?
If Wikipedia is where the masses go for information, then progressives should be there to help get the facts right.
Posted inWorking in America
Florida, Inc.
If a state were a business, CEO Rick Scott would be shown the door.
