Taxing Wall Street's Bonuses Should Focus On CLAWBACKS

Raymond J. Learsy, 12.29.2009

Scholar and author, "Over a Barrel: Breaking Oil’s Grip on Our Future"

The New York Times in its editorial "Taming the Fat Cats" 12.20.09 called on President Obama to impose Britain's special 50% tax on all bank bonuses o...

Copenhagen and the Commons

Jamil Zaki, 12.28.2009

Reviews of this month's Copenhagen conference on climate change have ranged from nonplussed to fatalistic. Copenhagen has been called a "crime scene"...

Up in the Air: Obama's Terrorism Failure

Jacob Heilbrunn, 12.28.2009

Author, "They Knew They Were Right: the Rise of the Neocons"

Obama's presidency will not rise or fall on health care, but on his ability to safeguard America. His lackadaisical response to Friday's terrorist act is cause for alarm.

Doctor Who: The Ending Impending

William Bradley, 12.28.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

Doctor Who's present incarnation of the Doctor, the tenth to date, is reaching "the end of his song."

Activism 2.0: Creating Casablanca in Copenhagen, The Fresh Air Center

Chrissie Brodigan, 12.28.2009

NYC-based. UX designer. Advocacy app developer. Writer. DIY-enthusiast. Dog Walker.

Projects like the Fresh Air Center are the success of a failed UN summit because of the social relationships established and the well-rooted online infrastructure and knowledge base created.

Cartoon: GOP's Health Care Problem

Sunil Adam, 12.28.2009

Editor, "The Indian American"

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Introducing the America Bowl: What's Better -- Our Presidents or Super Bowls?

Don Steinberg, 12.28.2009

Philadelphia-based writer

Which have been better? Our Super Bowl games? Or our presidents? Finally, with my crazy new project called America Bowl, we'll find out.

The Republicans' Disdain for the American People Should Be the Story of 2009

Mitchell Bard, 12.28.2009

Writer and Filmmaker

Looking back on 2009, a narrative seems to have emerged that the Democrats failed and would pay the price in the 2010 midterm elections. But where is the discussion of how the Republicans have behaved in the last year?

Has the President Done It? Or Screwed the Pooch?

Michael Wolff, 12.28.2009

Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column

Here's the puzzle: Does imminent passage of a health care bill, however sorely flawed, mean the president is a failure or a success? Ross Douthat, t...

NRA Bosses -- But Not Members -- Defend Policies That Help Arm Suspected Terrorists

Paul Helmke, 12.28.2009

President, Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

If the National Rifle Association's leaders want to help suspected terrorists get easy access to guns, bucking the wishes of their own membership, they should come out and say so.

Obama Cannot Afford to Lose Progressives

Sahil Kapur, 12.28.2009

Political Reporter at Raw Story

If I were Obama, my New Year's Resolution would be to regain and preserve the trust of the progressive base, not just for his sake but for the country's.

Blaming China for Copenhagen Won't Help the Climate

Alex Pasternack, 12.29.2009

Journalist on China, environment, architecture, technology and culture

Forget how much we can trust the climate efforts of China and the rest of the developing world. How much can it trust ours?

SnagFilms Welcomes the New Year

Rick Allen, 12.28.2009

Founding CEO, SnagFilms

As SnagFilms welcomes the new year, we will continue to focus on expanding our concept of filmanthropy - using our films as a vehicle for social change.

Bush Follies Brought Tudors to Broadway

James Sims, 12.28.2009

Entertainment Reporter and Critic

Surveying some of Broadway's best offerings over the last couple years, one common storyline jumps out. King Henry VIII and all of the Tudors-related atrocities have seen a prominent revival.

Just Listen -- What Are We Capable Of In 2010? And 2020?

Mark Goulston, M.D., 12.28.2009

The times may be very different from 1961, but the need to have a transformational possibility issued by a transcendent leader is even greater than it was then.

In Iran, Dissent Becomes Resistance and Insurrection May Follow

Giles Slade, 12.28.2009

Recovering academic writer

It would be condescending to say that say democracy is coming to Iran as painfully as a toddler cuts his first teeth. This toddler happens to be 5,000 years old.

Obama, the Fallen Messiah

Max Blumenthal, 12.28.2009

Author, "Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered The Party"

Those former Obama fanatics experiencing a crisis in faith should look in the mirror. What they have refused to acknowledge is that Obama would not have fallen so hard had they not lifted him so high.

Investing in Iran: Five Reasons Why American Philanthropists Should Support the Iranian Opposition

Trevor Neilson, 12.28.2009

President, Global Philanthropy Group

The opposition in Iran desperately needs support, and wealthy individuals in the United States are well positioned to provide it.

Barack's Freshman Year

Michael Sigman, 12.28.2009

Writer/Editor, Music Publisher

What makes a leader successful -- contrary to the expectations of our instant gratification culture -- isn't measurable by initial moves and events, and certainly not only by early results.

Leadership Growing Up: France and the US

Vivian Norris de Montaigu, 12.28.2009

Based in Paris and holds a PhD in Cinema Studies

What is described in a Financial Times article as Obama's "reserve" and Sarkozy's being "intuitive, impulsive and direct," represents not only a contrast, but also how the two have been influenced by different backgrounds.

2009: The Year Wall Street Bounced Back and Main Street Got Shafted

Robert Reich, 12.28.2009

Former Secretary of Labor, Professor at Berkeley

If 2009 has proved anything, it's that the bailout of Wall Street didn't trickle down to Main Street. Mortgage delinquencies continue to rise. And people everywhere, it seems, are worried about losing their jobs.