Month: March 2010

I remember when there were a bunch of Democrats in the House who were critical of the president for not showing more urgency and leadership on the health care bill. Now that he’s providing urgency and leadership, they are...

In her blog today, Arianna Huffington asks if CBS’s new reality offering, Undercover Boss, is the most subversive show on television. It’s a provocative question, as most of us would like to think that a reality...

Nearly alone among progressives, I supported the bank bailout in the waning days of the 2008 presidential campaign and defended the stimulus package in early 2009. While people bitched and complained about unworthy banks getting...

Cross posted from Border Jumpers, Danielle Nierenberg and Bernard Pollack.It’s hard to believe that more than 90 percent of the workforce in Zimbabwe are part of the informal sector. These workers do everything from...

It’s not surprising that Corey Haim is dead. In fact, it was totally predictable. I might have predicted it right here, if I thought anybody would care. He specialized in mindless entertainment, but sometimes that is...