Battered Berlusconi
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 15th, 2009 5:31 am by HL
Let’s Not Leap Off the Climate Cliff
Rep. Candice Miller, Detroit News
Far too many of our family, friends and neighbors have lost their jobs as the auto companies have gone through painful restructuring and manufacturing jobs have been outsourced to lower-wage nations. There is no more pressing issue facing America than getting our economy moving again so jobs can be created. That is why the endangerment finding last week by the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency administrator that could trigger regulation of greenhouse gas emissions is so troubling. The announcement coincided with President Barack Obama's trip to the U.N. climate…
A Foreign Policy Based on Moral Balance
E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Winning Formula for Health Bill
Rep. Anthony Weiner, NY Daily News
It took a while, but what looks like a health care compromise is emerging in the Senate, and it's actually much closer to where we should have started.Some lament the plan as the death of the public option. In fact, it's better. What the Senate seems to be settling on is a plan that would do two common-sense things we should have done months ago. One, expand the Medicare program to cover those 55 to 64. Two, let the uninsured participate in a program like the one members of Congress and federal employees have. This is a winning formula because it follows an edict that virtually…
