Month: March 2009

David Sirota should take a look at a sample retention bonus contract because I do think he has the first clue what one is. Apparently, it is impossible for Mr. Sirota to understand the concepts of deferred or lump-sum...

The president would like the Treasury Secretary to be granted a vast new array of powers more closely resembling those granted to a separate and inter-branch agency.  It is a bad idea in this particular case and a worse one...

POLITICS-US:  Neo-Con Ideologues Launch New Foreign Policy Group WASHINGTON, Mar 25 (IPS) – A newly-formed and still obscure neo-conservative foreign policy organisation is giving some observers flashbacks to the...

In a September 2008 NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, only 10% of Americans said that abortion should be illegal in all circumstances. Another 37% said it should be illegal with some exceptions. On the other side, 49% said it...

My patience for Max Baucus and Kent Conrad is less than zero. It’s gone and probably irrecoverable. I hope Speaker Pelosi kicks their asses.