Month: July 2009

I have to say that it looks very likely now that the House of Representatives is going to pass a health care plan in the next couple of weeks that includes a public option and pays for it entirely with cost savings and a...

Insofar as Lanny Davis is a legitimate Democrat, the Democratic Party is an illegitimate representative of anything that might be called the Left in this county. Insofar as Lanny Davis is shunned by important factions of the...

. Akiva Eldar / How to apply PR spin to the settlement issue (Haaretz) – America’s best Jewish minds are wracking their brains, trying to find a magic formula that will put the settlements close to the hearts of...

Hi Dad. I saw this article “Shadow Banking: What is it, How it Broke and How to Fix it” which features a short (1 page) concise interview with Barnard College Professorof Economics Perry Mehrling, an economist who...

The Irish Government have decided to hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty on Oct. 2. having secured a variety of guarantees from the European Council to the effect that each country will retain a Commissioner on the EU...