Our fellow Americans, at long last, are getting it. Not only is the Age of Reagan over; it's becoming increasingly clear that the entire post-WWII order has come to the end of its run. The world as we have known it is passing away; and with it, so does our ability to put much faith in the future. more »
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During my trip to Rochester and now New York City, I appeared on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show last night to review John McCain's latest economic ideas. more »
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Sen. John McCain is losing. He said so himself in his speech yesterday. Candidates don't usually admit such a thing, so that qualifies as straight talk.
But most voters don't want straight talk about political prospects. They want it about the issues that affect them directly, first and foremost, the economy. more »
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How about a little "straight talk" in the last presidential debate? The conventional wisdom about cutting domestic spending and balancing the budget is wrong for today's economic crisis. Let's focus instead on what must happen: a large, bold plan to rebuild America, put people to work, and get the economy going. more »
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The phenomenal financial crash of the past few weeks has hammered home what should be common sense: A free market needs reasonable rules that safeguard the public interest. So why would we accept the conservative argument that we should use that recipe for disaster to reform an already failing health-care system? more »
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Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked. We'll post a wrap-up here on the blog on Monday.more »
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I just incinerated a comment. I hardly ever do that (when I do it's usually someone pointing out a typo; I fix the error then erase the evidence of my crime...). But, before I deleted it, I copied it, because you need to see it:
By Payday Loan Advocate | October 3rd, 2008 - 1:40am GMT more »
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Last week, as the bailout bill was being debated, the blog Naked Capitalism got its hands on the tape of a secret Treasury Department conference call whereby government officials reassured Wall Street speculators that all the supposed Democratic "improvements" to Henry Paulson's original bill were speci more »
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