Just because BP seems to have stopped the oil spill does not mean we should go back to business as usual in the Gulf.read more

It’s no mystery that work in America just isn’t working — not for the millions of unemployed men and women, or for those stuck working longer hours at lower pay.read more

Obama plays it in the safe zone, to the detriment of the unemployed and the uninsured.read more

With almost 15 million Americans unemployed, Congress has a moral obligation to pass another jobs bill. But it also has a moral obligation to ensure that those who need the jobs the most are not left out in the cold.read more

For those who dreamed they were getting FDR when they voted for Obama, wake up.read more

He said, "We all know that there are limits to what government can and should do, even during such difficult times.” I’ve got a problem with the “can” and the “should,” and the “we all know” in that sentence.read more

The new unemployment figures are a stinging indictment of the Obama economic policy. Standing now at 10.2 percent, the highest in 26 years, the rate is much worse than Obama’s advisers predicted.read more

If merely repeating the word green in every possible configuration could produce environmental improvement, we’d be farther along than we are. As it is, I began to get sort of green at the gills. There was little emphasis on reducing demand or promoting a significantly more modest standard of living. It was go-go, build-build.read more