Jonathan Schwarz, 12.28.2009
Jonathan Schwarz's website is called A Tiny Revolution
Rahm Emanuel and his reporter sidekick Jonathan Weisman have compared a win on the health issue to the passage of NAFTA, which, they say, lifted President Bill Clinton in the polls.
Leo W. Gerard, 12.22.2009
President, United Steelworkers International
The gift this country needs most this holiday season is an economy built on a solid foundation, one that will provide middle class, family-supporting jobs now and into the future.
Jeffrey Feldman, 12.21.2009
Author of Framing The Debate and Outright Barbarous, Founder of Frameshop blog
In blunt remarks, Emanuel revealed how he planned to get 60 votes in the Senate: bring left-wing Democrats on board early to generate enthusiasm, then turn on them in the end game to woo conservatives.
Don McNay, 12.18.2009
Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.
Beautiful loser
Where you gonna fall?
When you realize
You just can't have it all
-Bob Seger
In casino circles, the name they use to refer to p...
Shelly Palmer, 12.18.2009
President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY
You can never be too safe, especially when gambling on the web.
Eric Alterman, 12.17.2009
Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Crossposted with the Center for American Progress. With Mickey Ehrlich
It's a truism that conservatives support fiscal responsibility. Sure, the las...
Janet Tavakoli, 12.14.2009
President, Tavakoli Structured Finance, Inc.
We, the middle aged financiers, are responsible for taking action on the issue of massive financial fraud. If we don't, we will never restore trust in the financial system.
Eric Alterman, 12.10.2009
Distinguished Professor of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York.
Crossposted with the Center for American Progress. With Mickey Ehrlich
Last week the new jobs report showed that the unemployment rate had fallen by...
Andrew Winston, 12.08.2009
Environmental Strategist, author of Green Recovery, co-author, Green to Gold
Who said that tackling climate change is separate from helping the poorest among us? The issues are all integrally related and the poorest are being hit hardest by climate changes already.
Andy Worthington, 12.08.2009
Journalist and author of "The Guantanamo Files"
orris Davis, the retired Air Force Colonel who served as the Chief Prosecutor of the Military Commissions at Guantánamo until 2007, has just lost his job for writing an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
Amy Bhatt, 12.07.2009
On December 3, we found out that we'd been published in the Wall Street Journal. Well, sort of. Many of our words made it into an online column -- but our names were nowhere to be found.
Virginia M. Moncrieff, 12.05.2009
International Correspondent
The scandal surrounding the writer Mona Sarika continues to unfold after the Wall Street Journal removed an article titled "New Global Indian" that sh...
Jarvis Coffin, 12.03.2009
CEO & President, Burst Media
Quick ...who was quoted recently in the Wall Street Journal saying the following?
"Hopefully, we will spark a revolution of people doing content at a...
Thomas Frank, 12.02.2009
Author, Wall Street Journal columnist
For years, conservatives have railed against "Republicans in Name Only." But recently, the GOP's leaders have decided that nothing is more healthful in such a situation than hacking off a limb or two.
Michael Wolff, 12.01.2009
Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column
There is a club in the West 40s in Manhattan which includes among its members many old newsmen who, curiously, have sworn, on pain of expulsion, never...
Daniel Adler, 12.01.2009
Co-President of the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective
Does throwing for over 300-yard mean success for the passer’s team? It does, especially lately, according to an article by Michael David S...
Eric Tipler, 11.20.2009
Eric is a first-year student at Yale Divinity School, focusing on community-building and social justice.
Earlier this month, the Ford Foundation announced it was giving $100 million to improve urban schools, a fantastic announcement that the Journal lambasted with a misleading editorial.
Blake Fleetwood, 11.17.2009
Former reporter for the New York Times and Daily News
Paulson made his bets in late 2006 just as the sub-prime mortgage markets were starting to weaken. His timing was impeccable, as was his luck.
Leo W. Gerard, 11.16.2009
President, United Steelworkers International
A business group is honoring Roger Agnelli, the CEO of Vale, one of the largest mining companies in the world, which, coincidentally, is in the midst of its longest ever labor dispute.
David Fiderer, 11.16.2009
Banker/Writer
As much as anything, what killed Lehman was Dick Fuld's emasculation of the risk management function, which served as a moral compass.
Andy Plesser, 11.11.2009
Executive Producer and Founder, Beet.TV
While search and display are far bigger categories than online video advertising, the digital advertising sector that is hot right now is online vi...