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Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head (Part IV): A New Check on the Court to Defend the Rule of Law

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Checks and Balances, Chuck Schumer, Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts, US Supreme Court, New Deal, Sonia Sotomayor, Antitrust, Samuel Alito, Fdr, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Constitution, Federalist Papers, Ted Kennedy, Judicial Activism, Third Party, Congress, Voting Rights Act, Antonin Scalia, Imperial Presidency, Voting Rights, Ethics, Supreme Court Bush vs. Gore, Politics News
Shahid Buttar

The false national consensus that national security should trump constitutional protections for liberty and privacy exemplifies such collusion today.

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Does A Nation of Ninnies Need A Nanny?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 06.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Keynesian Economics, Greed, Thomas Friedman, Teabaggers, Wingnuts, Sean Hannity, Jon Stewart, New Deal, Liberalism, Thomas Farley, Victorians, Glenn Beck, Gardening, Robert Frank, Happiness, Green News
Kerry Trueman

What's the difference between an overly bubbly housing market and sugary carbonated beverages? Both appeal to our infantile desire for instant gratification.

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We Need a Green New Deal

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Foreclosures, Green New Deal, Social Justice, President Obama, Carbon Emissions, New Deal, Iraq, Democrats, Ice Caps, Economic Equity, Arctic, Environment, Afghanistan, Republicans, Global Warming, Senate, Green News
Norman Solomon

Seventy-five years after the start of the New Deal, and nearly 40 years after the first Earth Day, the need for basic change on behalf of social justice and ecology is clear.

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Some Hard Truth About Hard Times

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: History, Economy, Poverty, Political Humor, Economic Downturn, Crisco, Depression, Flappers, Alphabet Soup, New Deal, Economic Crisis, Scrimping, Franklin Roosevelt, Speakeasies, Recession, Fdr, Silver Tea, Redwood City, Great Depression, Rice, Saving, Norman Rockwell, Jazz Age, Bailout, New-Deal, San Francisco, Gilded Age, Politics News
Jeffrey Shaffer

Using the Depression as a baseline for discussions of national prosperity ignores an important historical truth: for millions of average citizens, money was tight prior to the 1930s.

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Outsourcing the Government to Wal-Mart

Chip Conley | Posted 05.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Katrina, Walmart, Healthcare, Barack Obama, McDonald's, New Deal, Wal-Mart, Universal Healthcare, Business News
Chip Conley

Ultimately, Wal-Mart is a brilliant case study of how a behemoth can do well by doing good and do that with the kind of speed that Barack and his team need. Exhibit A: Health Care.

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Will 'Trickle Down' Banking Work Better than 'Trickle Down' Economics: Thoughts from a Non-Wall Street CEO

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Tarp, Geithner, Bad Banks, Good Banks, Consumer Debt, Wall Street, Trickle Down, New Deal, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Economy, Aig, Great Depression, Housing Bubble, Business News
Paul Abrams

Instead of providing government money and guarantees to hedge funds that will supposedly price toxic assets, put the money to good use on main street through regional banks.

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What A New Deal-Era Movie Could Teach President Obama

James Pinkerton | Posted 04.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Infrastructure, Economic Stimulus Package, New Deal, The Tunnel, Economy, Economic Crisis, Obama Administration, Great Depression, Politics News
James Pinkerton

If Obama can't find forward-looking, forward-moving creators to serve in his administration, his would-be Second New Deal risks dissolving into debt, deficits, frustration, and inflation.

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A Woman Who Got it Right

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 04.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Frances Perkins, Economy, New Deal, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Rep. Carolyn Maloney

Today marks the 76th anniversary of Frances Perkins' nomination as Labor Secretary in FDR's cabinet, and it's worth revisiting her distinguished career for insights into weathering our current economic crisis.

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Ray Ban Republicans and the Politics of Denial

Bennet Kelley | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reagan Tax Cuts, Gop Stimulus, California, Federal Budget Deficit, New Deal, George W. Bush, Supply-Side Economics, President Obama, Tax Cuts, Denialism, Fdr, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

If the Republicans are going to ever regain political supremacy, they are going to have to take off their sunglasses and recognize the wreckage they have caused.

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The Obamanomics Diet

Mark Adams | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Era of Responsibility, Bernarr Macfadden, Politics of Food, New Deal, Obama Fdr, Food, Fdr, Diet, Politics News
Mark Adams

If Obama wants to improve wellness for Americans while slimming the deficit before the 2012 elections, he might consider adopting another role model from the New Deal era: Bernarr Macfadden.

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Like FDR, Obama Learns from People's Letters

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: William Leuchtenburg, Lorena Hickok. Eleanor Roosevelt, New Deal, Louis Howe, Letters to the White House, Jake Tapper, Franklin Roosevelt, Robert Gibbs, Down and Out in the Great Depression, Barack Obama, Great Depression, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

President Obama's motivation in reading a sampling of the letters from the public is essentially the same as Roosevelt's was: "to help get him outside of the bubble."

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AP: Obama Plans Eclipsing New Deal Spending

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Spending, Stimulus Package, Stimulus, New Deal, Obama Spending, Politics News

WASHINGTON — In sheer size, the economic measures announced by President Barack Obama to address "a crisis unlike we've ever known" are remarkab...

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Fighting the New Deal All Over Again

Kim Phillips-Fein | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, New Deal, Stimulus Package, Obama Fdr, Economic Stimulus, Fdr, Republicans Stimulus, Stimulus, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Kim Phillips-Fein

As the idea of the New Deal comes back in style, so does opposition to the vision of activist government.

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Put Art Works Back in Stimulus Plan

Agnes Gund, David Lang and Nell Breyer | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Art Project, Economic Stimulus Package, New Deal, Stimulus Package, Politics News
Agnes Gund, David Lang and Nell Breyer

Investing in our nation's culture makes strong financial sense and will leave a lasting legacy far beyond the current crisis.

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Zelizer's Book Corner: Jason Scott Smith, Building a New Deal Liberalism

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Works, Obama Public Works, New Deal, Economy, Zelizer's Book Corner, Fdr, Building a New Deal Liberalism, Jason Scott Smith, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
Julian E. Zelizer

Building a New Deal Liberalism offers a fascinating history of New Deal public works programs, challenging the conventional arguments about the problems with these projects.

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Senate Wanking Committee

Mike Bonifer | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stimulus Package, Improvisation, Disney, Senate, Spolin, Government, The Senate, The Great Depression, Economic Injustice, Obama Administration, Bernie Madoff, Legislation, Injustice, The Stimulus Package, Wanking, John Lasseter, New Deal, TRON, Fdr, 1932, Shepard Fairey, Politics News
Mike Bonifer

Quit all the debating about the work and get to work, to the business of getting citizens into lifeboats. A seat on a lifeboat will lead to a profoundly productive life that will benefit all of us.

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Dems (and Obama) Are Losing the Economic Argument: They May Also Lose the Economy

Paul Abrams | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: John Maynard Keynes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, New Deal, Economy, Massive Public Investments, Tax Cuts, Barack Obama, Great Depression, Politics News
Paul Abrams

By shifting the debate from wishful thinking to sound economics, prospects rise for effective policy decisions now and in the future, and doing the debate right is as important as the policy itself.

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Republicans' 4% Mortgage "Stimulus" Is Latest Ponzi Scheme

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Fha, Depression, Melvin Oliver, Sec, Mitch McConnell, Housing, New Deal, Social Security, Black Wealth White Wealth, Stimulus, Black, Republican First Principles, Mortgage Crisis, Redlining, Eugencis, Wealth, Predatory Lending, African American, Loans, Ponzi Scheme, Construction, Subprime, Bernie Madoff, Rush Limbaugh, Obama, Media, Politics, Bailout, Economy, Race, White House, Financial Crisis, Bignews, Paulson, Foreclosure Crisis, Credit Score, Great Depression, Credit Rating Agencies, Freddie Mac, 4% Morgage, Fanie Mae, Politics News
Ronald B. Robinson

Does the Republican ploy to provide 4% home mortgages to boost the economy sound too good to be true? It is. Buyer Beware!

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The Promise of Public Health

Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Healthcare, Bush SCHIP Veto, Global Economy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Children's Health Insurance, George W. Bush, President Obama, Barack Obama Health Care, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Global Economic Crisis, Chronic Disease, Chronic Diseases in Children, Asthma, Bush SCHIP, State Children's Health, Schip, Great Depression, New Deal, Michael Bloomberg, Public Health, Bush Veto SCHIP, Tuberculosis, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Barack Obama, New York City, HIV/AIDS, Health, Federal Government, Healthcare Reform, Children's Health, Healthcare, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Politics News
Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D.

Like the provision of medical care to the ill, an effective health system -- which keeps children and adults from becoming sick in the first place -- depends on both vision and commitment.

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Community Is the "New Deal"

Kari Henley | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Friends, Community, Community Service, Relationships, New Deal, Inaguration, Barack Obama, Fdr, Politics News
Kari Henley

The First Family represents so many of the simple things we desperately need to model in our own lives; honest connections with our partners, family, friends, and neighbors.

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Bush's Last Month Sees Unemployment Hit 22%, According to Wingnuttia's Math

David Sirota | Posted 02.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Unemployment, Unemployment Rates, Wingnuttia, New Deal, Fdr New Deal, Politics News
David Sirota

Based on conservatives' arguments, unemployment rates right now are in the neighborhood of unemployment levels not seen since the height of the Great Depression.

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Why Barack Obama Needs To Fail

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Leadership, New Deal, Leon Panetta, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Iraq, Obama, Fdr, Politics, Change, Education, Bush Administration, Obama's Plan for the Economy, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Obama Presidency, Rick Warren, Environment, Financial Crisis, Obama Transition, Hurricane Katrina, Health Care, Roosevelt, Politics News
Hoyt Hilsman

Not only is failure an option, it is an imperative. Leaders who actively seek to avoid failure are destined to choose the most expedient, and therefore the most treacherous path.

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The Great Depression, Part IV

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Jobs, Unemployment, New Deal, Fdr New Deal, Amity Shlaes, Great Depression, Business News
Hale

New Deal doubters cannot dispute the numbers and the overwhelming accomplishments of this era, so they focus instead on the few incomplete successes.

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The Forgotten Math: Pre-WWII New Deal Saw Biggest Drop In Unemployment Rate in History

David Sirota | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Fox News, Video, Conservatives, New Deal, Amity Shlaes, Politics News
David Sirota

Conservatives would like us all to believe their claim that history proves massive spending packages like the New Deal will supposedly harm our economy.

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