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Specter’s “Happy 100 days!” gift to Obama
Joan Walsh
The Pennsylvania senator ditches the GOP. Is one of our major political parties on its death bed?
From taxpayers’ pockets to K Street
Ben Travers
New disclosure reports show major bailout recipients are still spending millions on lobbying.
I give Obama an A, a B and an F
Robert Reich
Nearing the first 100 days into his administration, the president deserves mixed grades for his handling of the budget, the stimulus and the bank bailouts.
Obama is just blowing smoke
Ted Nordhaus, Michael Shellenberger
The White House says it's serious about climate change. But its plan to regulate carbon emissions is doomed to fail.
Don’t believe the fossil-fuel lies
Joseph Romm
Joining oil companies and conservatives, the Breakthrough Institute says we can reduce emissions without raising the cost of carbon pollution. It's a fantasy.
Obama recognizes: whether to prosecute is not his decision
Glenn Greenwald
An "independent" Justice Department means that decisions about whether to indict are shielded from political considerations of the White House.
Lots of cows and windmills, but where are the workers?
Andrew Leonard
Green energy doesn't necessarily mean lots of new jobs, say economists. But do we even need that argument?
Let’s fast-track universal healthcare
Robert Reich
Obama will be tempted to bargain for his agenda with spending cuts; healthcare's not the place to trim.
EPA to greenhouse gas polluters: Get ready to pay
Andrew Leonard
Say what you will about banking and security issues; on the environment, the Obama administration is not messing around.
Bring back freedom fries!
Alex Koppelman
French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls President Obama weak and inexperienced.
Who should play Hillary and Palin?
Sarah Hepola
As HBO announces a 2008 election movie, that's what we wanna know.
Lies, damn lies and Ari Fleischer
Alex Koppelman
The former White House press secretary argues the less wealthy should pay more in income tax, but his case relies on some statistical games.
Obama, don’t waffle on engagement with Cuba
Joe Conason
End the travel ban now for everyone -- and prepare to get rid of the ineffective and unjust embargo.
Giving the recession the finger
Robert Lanham
My job prospects were diminishing, the economy was convulsing, but I said "screw it" -- and took a vacation I couldn't afford.
Would you buy a used car industry from this man?
Mike Madden
The president will buy you a new muffler. He might not save G.M. and Chrysler unless they shape up.
The secret war against American workers
Robert Eshelman
The deepening recession is giving some businesses the excuse to fire people they'd have had to keep on in better conditions.
Dick Cheney was right
Joe Conason
Deficits don't matter -- and Republicans who are complaining about Barack Obama's spending are hypocrites.
White House considering move to block filibusters
Ben Travers
Members of Congress -- including, most importantly, some Democrats -- are coming out in opposition to the idea.
Just how bad off is the Republican Party (Part 2)?
Salon Staff
A state-by-state look at the state of the Grand Old Party in the Age of Steele.
Truth vs. power, 40 years later
Andrew O'Hehir
Costa-Gavras talks about "Z," the electrifying Cold War political thriller that unmasked the Greek dictatorship, and shaped movie history.
“Somewhere in the world the wind is shining”
Andrew Leonard
Energy Secretary Steven Chu pushes the Obama agenda on Charlie Rose. Smart grids and climate change and energy efficiency. Oh my.
I was a teenage socialist!
Joan Walsh
Sort of. And I still don't understand the media's sudden, silly fixation with Obama and that lost ideology.
The heat is on Bill Gates
Joseph Romm
He now works to solve humanity's greatest problems with his
foundation -- yet has no program to curb global warming. That does not compute.
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