This was the first live chat I’ve helped plan and participated in. Although I got bumped from my afternoon slot to the end of the night by Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, I did succeed in getting him to comment on my review of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. Here was the chat line [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
The American Prospect: Learning From Greece
Posted in Hiar Learning, tagged Congress, Democrats, Greece, Offshore, Taxes on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is my second post on a topic of my choice for The Prospect‘s writing test. The first is here. If you had asked me last week what lessons the US can learn from the Greek crisis, I would have only said, “don’t ask Goldman for debt advice.” Then over the weekend I read an [...]
The American Prospect: Using Republicans To Pass Financial Reform
Posted in Hiar Learning, tagged Democrats, Finance, Health Care, Politics, Regulation, Republicans on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This was a self-selected Prospect article critique for my application to their fellowship program. See this post for more information. They probably won’t vote for it. But by including GOP ideas in the finance bill, Democrats can make it difficult for Republicans to effectively campaign against it. Tim Fernholz believes the best strategy for Democrats [...]
Pelosi’s Progressive(ly Less Believable) Promises
Posted in Hiar Learning, tagged Activism, Democrats, Health Care, Politics, Taxes, Washington DC on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday Campus Progress, the youth-oriented project of the sprawling Center for American Progress empire, concluded a two-day series of events on activism and the media. The Center for American Progress (CAP) was founded in 2003 by John Podesta, Bill Clinton’s former chief of staff, and like the Heritage Foundation during Reagan’s presidency, the young organization has quickly become [...]
Democrat Socialist Party: What’s in a Name?
Posted in TheNation.com, tagged Democrats, Republicans on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ANP takes an interesting look at the petty madness that has infected much of the Republican Party in this video, which is a collection of interviews filmed at a national meeting of the GOP. The GOP called a special session to debate a rebranding resolution… for the Democratic Party. Click here to watch the American [...]
Democracy in America: And another one
Posted in The Economist, tagged Democrats, Taxes on March 2, 2009 |
THIS is getting ridiculous. Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee this afternoon revealed that another of President Obama’s nominees — U.S. Trade Representative-designate Ron Kirk — has tax problems. Finance staff briefed aides to committee members today on the revelations, which indicate the former Dallas mayor underpaid taxes to the tune of $9,975 during 2005-07, [...]
Please Refer to Me as Senator Burris
Posted in TheNation.com, tagged Democrats, Humor, Scandal on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
SNL spoofs cable news host Rachel Maddow, corrupt governor Rod Blagojevich, and poor old Roland Burris. Click here to watch the Saturday Night Live skit.
