May the Right be right that, in Sotomayor, another secret radical is inching her way onto the Court.read more

America needs a strong manufacturing sector. We need an economy that makes things. Printing more money and moving around derivative investments won't do it.read more

Young people are not suddenly turning prolife. They just view the abortion issue differently.read more

What to do when a kid at my daughter’s child care center comes down with H1N1.read more

The worst thing about Edwards is not that he slept with Rielle Hunter, or that he lied about it, or that he cheated on a great woman who has cancer. No, the worst thing about him is that he pulled the plug on College For Everyone.read more

Specter himself also shows a willingness to listen to progressive arguments. Reliably liberal on social issues, on both civil liberties and economic justice, he, like Obama, is a mixed blessing.read more

Geithner must go. And with him, the rotten culture of deregulation. Otherwise, Obama may be doomed.read more

Ruth Conniff talked about economic issues in the news, and she responded to telephone calls, electronic mail, and tweets. She has been writing about the "breaking of the social contract" by both the financial institutions and the government.read more

The theory that deregulation, free markets, and policies that serve the interests of big banks and multinational corporations are best for all of us has never looked so weak.read more

Tim Geithner has made welfare queens out of former masters of the universe.read more

Under the plan, the government will give our money to hedge fund managers to buy "toxic" assets for more than they are worth.read more

Paying out bailout money to shareholders is about the most wasteful use imaginable for public funds.read more

His budget proposal is a welcome relief: bold, progressive, and an ideological brush-back to the Republicans.read more

After Obama’s big speech to the joint session of Congress, David Gergen made the over-the-moon observation on CNN that the first half of the speech sounded like FDR, and the second half sounded like LBJ.

I didn’t hear it that way.read more