Posts tagged Business
John Dougherty: Oil and Sun
Jun 21st
Arizona Senator John McCain lead the “drill-baby-drill” mantra to expand offshore oil drilling along America’s coastlines during the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Loading ...Charles M. Silver: A New Model for Mass Torts?
Jun 21st
I have to laugh when I hear Minority Leader John Boehner and other Republicans say that “BP should be held accountable for the full cost of [the] disaster” in the Gulf of Mexico. These are the same politicians who have forced tort reform down our throats for decades
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Christopher Chabris: Obama and the Oil Spill: In the Abstract
Jun 21st
Is BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico for President Obama what Hurricane Katrina was for President Bush? Conservatives argue that President Obama’s response to BP echoes Bush’s handling of Katrina: too little, too late – suggesting disengagement or even incompetence
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Jenée Desmond-Harris: When Fathers Fall Somewhere Between Awesome and Absentee
Jun 20th
I’m a loiterer in the Hallmark aisle of the drugstore, trying to choose a card. This struggle is my Father’s Day tradition
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...William Bradley: What We Know Now About the Big California Races
Jun 19th
Nearly two weeks into the general election, here are seven key things we know now about the races for California governor and senator. Both races are fully engaged and trends are emerging
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [128] — Merry Bartonmas!
Jun 19th
Christmas has come in June for the Democratic Party. Republican Joe Barton just delivered a huge, nicely wrapped present to Democrats. The only question is whether they’ll open it and make use of it, or halfheartedly play with it once and then throw it in a corner (since the Democratic Party is kind of fickle about using such free gifts from Republicans, for no explicable reason whatsoever)
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Steven Stamstad: Achieving Marriage Rights for Same-Sex Couples Is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
Jun 18th
Closing arguments are due this week in the federal trial over California’s gay-marriage ban, 2008′s Proposition 8 that took away the right for same-sex couples to legally marry.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Lloyd Chapman: Obama Small Business Conference Draws Criticism
Jun 17th
On Monday, June 14, the Obama Administration suddenly announced that it will hold a small business forum in Washington D.C. on June 28.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Chris Rodda: No, Mr. Beck, John Adams Did Not Think Governments Must Be Administered by the Holy Ghost
Jun 17th
This is the second installment in what will be an ongoing series debunking the American history lies being promoted by Glenn Beck on his new “Founders’ Fridays” episodes and other shows. (If you missed the first one, you can find it here .) Beck has already had several guest “historians” on his show, but I still have quite a few lies to debunk from his April 8 show, which was a full hour featuring Christian nationalist pseudo-historian David Barton, so I’m going to knock those off first
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...William Bradley: The Arnold Factor
Jun 17th
He was once arguably the most popular governor of California in history. Now, not so much.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Dr. Vladimir A. Masch: Staying in One of the Catbird Seats
Jun 16th
In order to stay in one of the catbird seats of the 21st century, and to protect the democratic components of the world order, the US has to do two things: renew its political system and/or its decision-makers, and change its economic system. Since the current elite has the veto power on changes of the political system, these changes are unrealistic. To replace a sufficient fraction of the elite, I proposed in my last blog to create a Worker party, one that would not take any campaign contributions from corporations.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Teryn Norris: Obama Signals Need for New Energy Agenda
Jun 16th
The biggest news from President Obama’s Oval Office address is that cap and trade legislation is probably dead for the foreseeable future, and the administration is seeking new ideas. Instead of using last night’s prime-time opportunity to push cap and trade in the form of the Kerry-Lieberman American Power Act — as many climate advocates saw as their last hope for “comprehensive” climate reform — President Obama pressed the reset button on energy and climate policy, saying he was “happy to look at other ideas and approaches from either party, as long they seriously tackle our addiction to fossil fuels.” He made no mention of setting a price on carbon or establishing an emissions cap and trade system
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama Oil Spill Speech: Vows To Get Tough On BP, Offers Few Concrete Remedies
Jun 16th
WASHINGTON — Vowing to “make BP pay,” President Barack Obama accused the oil giant of “recklessness” in his first address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night, eight weeks to the day after the catastrophic oil spill began destroying waterways, wildlife and a prized Gulf Coast way of life. “We will fight this spill with everything we’ve got for as long it takes,” declared Obama, whose own presidency has been stumbling because of the gushing oil
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Obama’s Oil Speech Panned: Short On Details, Broader Climate Plan
Jun 16th
WASHINGTON — Vowing to “make BP pay,” President Barack Obama accused the oil giant of “recklessness” in his first address to the nation from the Oval Office Tuesday night, eight weeks to the day after the catastrophic oil spill began destroying waterways, wildlife and a prized Gulf Coast way of life. See full video and transcript of the speech here
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pavel Somov, Ph.D.: Psychology of Presidential Ambition?
Jun 13th
A moment before I sat down to write this blog, I poured myself a cup of lotus tea and yelled the following into the living room where my wife was watching Cesar help another fearful dog out of its phobic bind: “Hey, babe, as a naturalized citizen, I can’t run for president, right?” “Right!” she yelled back and asked in return, with one of those are-you-crazy chuckles: “What, you were thinking about running?!” Hell no! I happen to enjoy that special brand of American citizenship that comes with a fail-proof ego-check: even if, for some reason, my ego were to blow up with a manic-grade delusion of grandeur I can never – thank god! – find myself in a position of telling three hundred million people how to live their lives.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Robert Creamer: Big Banks Make Desperate Last Ditch Effort to Weaken Wall Street Reform
Jun 11th
Everyday Americans have made big progress advancing legislation to rein in the recklessness of the big Wall Street Banks that led to the economic collapse and cost eight million Americans their jobs.
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