59-minute Progressive Rally on a Moral Budget
Ok, it was yesterday’s Democracy Now! show, but if you watch it, I think you will agree with my assessment. DN! is always good, but this one was particularly inspiring.
Stimulating family planning
There is a great op-ed, Counting Out Women, by Melissa McEwan published today in the Guardian (UK) about Chris Matthews and the general idiocy in the US media (not to …
Day 6: Obama caves to Republican hissy fits
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? I can’t believe that President Obama is ALREADY letting the Republicans run (i.e. ruin) his plan for an economic stimulus. Here’s an idea …
Mike Moore discusses auto industry bailout on Larry King
Embedded video from CNN Video (If the video doesn’t load, you can find it here.) Good on Larry to bring the writer/director of Roger and Me to talk about this …
Studs Terkel interview with Mary Owsley and Peggy Terry about Oklahoma City during the depression
Just by chance today I caught This American Life program on NPR when they were noting the recent passing of Studs Terkel by playing a few of the pieces from …
Straight talk on economy — from Obama
(transcript of video here) Obama spoke about the current economic crisis in Colorado yesterday; video and text of speech as prepared at link. And, for those who keep saying that …
Black Monday
Perfect framing for this attack of McCain’s cluelessness on the economy on this historic day: played on Fox News, with the tanking numbers from Wall Street on the visual beside …
Krugman on health care and the economy
The brilliant Paul Krugman is the saving grace of the New York Times. An economist/academic that sees the big picture and writes clearly and passionately. He’s doing a series on …