Ruth Conniff

The banks lobbied Washington so they could write the rules that got us into this crisis. And now they are lobbying Washington to write the rules so they can get us into the next crisis.read more

"Change has not come fast enough," President Obama acknowledged in his State of the Union address--especially for Americans who are losing their jobs and struggling through the long recession.read more

The polls haven't closed yet, but the finger-pointing has begun.read more

One key difference between the modern-day Pecora Commission and the original is that the current commission lacks a Pecora.read more

"We have used our taxpayer dollars not only to subsidize these banks but also to subsidize the creditors of those banks."read more

Hume's comment could be seen as a way of selling indulgences: join the Christian Right and you, too, can pursue your wild sexual escapades.read more

It's hard to imagine a sizable, progressive campaign to take down Russ Feingold and Bernie Sanders for supporting the so-so health care bill.read more

Obama’s rhetoric about the banks was all illusion. “Frosty” is fine with Wall Street so long as Washington declines to interfere with an unregulated market that wrecks the economy.read more

The importance of this debate may be that it galvanizes more women to stand up to elected officials like Stupak who want to interfere with their health care and dictate what services they can and cannot get because of the moral sensitivities of certain vocal constituents.read more

It was a weird mix of inadequate explanations for an ill-conceived and potentially disastrous military escalation, thrown together with some sensible programs and criticisms of the kinds of ill-conceived military adventures of the type we are now undertaking.read more

Just because it gives people a feeling of psychological empowerment to do something does not mean promoting the hell out of dubiously effective screening is the right thing to do.read more

In that crowd-pleasing, humorous-but-firm paternal style, the President described how he and his wife hold their own kids to high standards. But progressive protesters outside were none too happy with him.read more

There's not just a shortage of flu vaccine, there is a real randomness to how it is being distributed.read more

Please go to Chicago on October 26 to give the bankers a piece of your mind.read more