William Greider, The Nation. December 8, 2009. A permanent security blanket for big boys of finance will further inflame public opinion. Only the public isn't likely to know.
Paul Starr, December 5, 2009. Health-care reform needs to kick in faster than the current bills allow. And Congress better pass some Main Street economic measures -- on the double.
John Nichols, The Nation. December 1, 2009. Presidents are not supposed to begin and end the discussion about war. With both parties divided over Afghanistan, it's time for Congress to debate the Obama's war plan.
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. November 30, 2009. It doesn't much matter whether people "support" the escalation. What matters is whether they openly oppose it -- and, if so, how vocally and emphatically.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. November 23, 2009. The Democrats should be the consumer's best friends right now, fighting these huge enterprises and demanding that they answer for their previous bad behavior.
Marcelo Balive, New America Media. November 10, 2009. The House's shift is modest. But it might be just what's needed to enact meaningful changes to our immigration policy.
Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. November 5, 2009. This is George W. Bush's foreign policy legacy, which — through this resolution — the Democrats, no less than their Republican counterparts, have now eagerly embraced.
Zach Carter, AlterNet. November 5, 2009. If the economic crisis taught us anything, it's that bringing to heel the whiz kids of finance is a top priority.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. November 3, 2009. There's momentum to repair our fractured health care system -- but activism is desperately needed to keep the process honest.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2009. The "Financial Stability Improvement Act" would let Geithner spend as much as he wants for as long as he wants, with no specific oversight.
Jim Hightower, Creators Syndicate. October 29, 2009. Members of Congress and their families are blessed with their very own gold-plated, taxpayer-financed, Washington-run health care system.
Art Levine, AlterNet. October 21, 2009. Protections for consumers and Wall Street's skullduggery are at stake in an obscure series of hearings going on in Congress right now.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Media and Technology. October 19, 2009. In multiple TV appearances on Sunday, the White House Chief of Staff reiterated that the public option is not mandatory.
Robert Scheer, Truthdig. October 16, 2009. The 13 Dems on the Senate Finance Committee get one faintly rational GOPer to join them in a meaningless stab at health care reform, and it throws them into a tizzy.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, September 25, 2009. Over a year ago, we suffered the most significant financial collapse since the Great Depression, and the result of that is massive unemployment and underemployment.
Jed Lewison, Daily Kos AlterNet: Health and Wellness. September 25, 2009. Those who oppose the public option -- Republicans and a diminishing group of Democrats -- really are on the wrong side of this debate.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. September 25, 2009. The witch hunt against ACORN has moved forward while the Obama administration continues to contract with Blackwater, a firm whose criminal conduct is now legendary.
