Cordova, Alaska. The other night I biked over to the home of Linden and Kevin "Sam" O'Toole to watch the CNN Anderson Cooper 360º story on the Exxon ...
Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home
The Supreme Court has shifted dangerously to the right and is now the most pro-business Court since the monopoly greasing "Lochner-era" Court of the late 19th century.
McClatchy Newspapers | Erika Bolstad | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business
ExxonMobil has balked at paying $488 million in interest on punitive damages that plaintiffs say it owes for its role in the 1989 Prince William Sound...
Robert Weissman | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business
The direct precedential value of the Exxon decision will cast an ominous shadow over state and federal court decisions on punitive damages for years to come.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media
U.S. mayors resolve to avoid burning dirty tar sands oil, Bush signs $162B war spending bill for Iraq and Afghanistan, Afghanistan civilian death toll rises sharply, Scalia still blames Gore for the 2000 election debacle.
Doug Kendall | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign has promised to play offense this fall. On the Supreme Court, they need to step up to the plate.
Doug Kendall | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
At a time when gas prices and oil company profits are record highs, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken $2 billion from 32,000 Americans who lost their livelihood in the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
AP | PETE YOST | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million, a deci...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Brendan DeMelle | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media
Investigation confirms torture at U.S. bases in Afghanistan, Michael Reagan calls for murder of anti-war activists, Gingrich claims Supreme Court decision will "cost us a city" and $23 billion in lost Iraq funds.
David Roberts | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
Four months after the biggest environmental disaster in U.S. history, McCain voted against requiring double hulled tankers.
Think Progress | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on how much money ExxonMobil should be forced to pay as damages for its Exxon Valdez oil spill 19 ye...
Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics
When a federal jury in Alaska in 1994 ordered Exxon to pay $5 billion to thousands of people who had their lives disrupted by the massive Exxon Valdez...
Harry Fuller | Posted 01.03.2008 | Business
Oil in troubled waters. Death to the polar bears?
Saturday Night Live's sketch about the vice presidential debate starred Queen...
At a rally on Saturday in California,...
WASHINGTON — By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around...
The McCain campaign is all set to roll out...
About a year ago, I had a memorable chat with a high-ranking Republican operative. ...
MCCAIN CAMP TALKS 'CHARACTER ASSASSINATION,'
UPDATE: Radar reports that the Secret Service is investigating...
Katie Couric was out shopping in midtown with her daughters...
Actor and activist Alec Baldwin appeared on "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday night. At several points...
WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt...
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ike's winds and massive waves destroyed...
Last week's post began an exploration into what style is today and how this relates to each of us. If we...
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention...
Riki Ott | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green