Month: February 2010

When was the last time DSCC Chairman Bob Menendez produced encouraging news?

The American Dream is perhaps our most powerful and enduring story. Through booms and busts, we insist (oftentimes in the face of overwhelmingly contrary evidence) that anyone who is willing to work hard can succeed. To the...

What a scam the “Tea Party” movement is. Already this populist movement that supposedly opposes official Washington, bailouts (especially the bailout of Wall Street), government interference in their lives (i.e., the...

Cross posted from Nourishing the Planet. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is holding the third global meeting of the Farmers’ Forum this week in Rome, Italy. The Forum–which brings together...

I am so tired of conservatives advising us not to emulate Europe. Yeah, maybe we do some things in a smarter way, but anyone who’s traveled to Europe has been impressed by countless ways in which the Europeans do things...