Analysis
At issue: the role of government
April 2, 2009Government of the people, by the people, for the people. Abraham Lincoln, 1863. Today’s Republican right wants us to forget this concept. They persist in the discredited mantra, going back to Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” that...
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Car talk: whats wrong, whos to blame?
April 2, 2009President Obama’s auto task force is giving Chrysler 30 days to finalize a merger with Fiat, and General Motors 60 days to further consolidate brands, reduce debt and show additional plans to produce fuel efficient “green”...
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Auto workers left with no bailout
April 1, 2009President Barack Obama said March 30 that the government will withhold additional long-term federal loans for General Motors and Chrysler unless the company, its creditors and the unions make more concessions. He also raised the possibility...
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LETTERS
March 28, 2009Taking on the hate The following is a letter sent to media outlets in response to recent hateful comments from ultra-right talk show hosts and officials. In recent days, Republican pundits have stepped up their personal...
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It has to be built
March 28, 2009Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman recently opined in his New York Times column that the about-to-be-released Obama plan to resuscitate a financial system on life support “is more than disappointing. In fact, it fills me...
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