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The Democrats August Break Looking Like a Bad Trip

In Austin, Texas, Rep. Lloyd Doggett was drowned out by a group of noisy, sign-waving demonstrators who shouted, “Just say no” as he tried to talk about health care reform.
In an e-mail to POLITICO Monday, Doggett called the group a “mob, sent by the local Republican and Libertarian parties” that “came not just to be [...]

(August 4th, 2009)

Senate Democrats Are Optimistic About Health Insurance Reform

After a “pep talk” from President Obama, Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they think Congress will pass a bipartisan health care bill this year. “We’re going to do, if there’s any way humanly possible, a bipartisan bill,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said after a luncheon meeting of all the chamber’s Democrats with [...]

(August 4th, 2009)

Does Cash for Clunkers Help or Harm the Environment?

Sold as an economic stimulus and an environmental salve, the “cash for clunkers” program has succeeded in jump-starting the ailing auto industry. But some environmental and national security watchdogs are now arguing that the harm caused by destroying the used vehicles — required by the government trade-in program — may outweigh the benefits of exchanging pollution-spewing gas guzzlers for new, more efficient cars.

(August 4th, 2009)

Reporters in North Korea Are Said to Be Pardoned

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, pardoned two jailed American journalists, the official KCNA news agency has reported, according to Reuters. The report came after former President Bill Clinton met with the reclusive and ailing Mr. Kim in Pyonyang on Tuesday. Mr. Kim granted “a special pardon,” KCNA said in a statement.

(August 4th, 2009)

Bill Clinton meets with N. Korea leader

Former President Clinton met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in North Korea on Tuesday, North Korea’s state-run news agency reported. Clinton arrived in Pyongyang earlier in the day on a mission to negotiate the release of two American journalists who have been held in the reclusive communist nation since March, the White House confirmed.

(August 4th, 2009)

Obama Officials Don’t Dismiss Possibility of New Taxes

President Obama may have to break his campaign pledge and raise taxes on middle-class Americans to pay for public health care and the growing deficit, an eventuality that administration officials touched lightly on Sunday as they promoted an economy emerging from recession.

(August 2nd, 2009)

‘Funny People’ Wins Modest Box Office Weekend

The Associated Press reports that it was a modest weekend for Hollywood, with the shadow of last summer’s juggernaut “The Dark Knight” hanging over the current blockbuster season. Overall summer revenues, which had been running ahead of last year’s since early May, dipped below those of 2008, when “The Dark Knight” was packing theaters for weeks on end.

(August 2nd, 2009)

You Are the Media Watchdog

Everyday, large corporations strive to make as much money as they possibly can. One of the most profitable ways to achieve this end, is to dominate the conversation. To shift, manipulate and push conversations towards a financially profitable debate. That is why there has been so much news coverage consolidation over the years. The more the message is controlled, the more profitable the debate.

(July 3rd, 2009)