The death of activism | Clancy Sigal
We’ve plenty to protest about in the US, but on the streets there is no dissent. Why is our liberal mood so paralytic?
In my middle-class neighbourhood, you can organise people around dog-walking exchanges, the crimewatch duty roster, mutual baby sitting, earthquake preparedness and dire household emergencies. But even the most liberal-minded among us seem totally [...]
Big Ben Nelson tolls for Wall Street | Richard Adams
The Republicans and Democrat Ben Nelson unite to filibuster Wall Street regulation reform bill in the Senate
Just as he did at crucial times during the healthcare reform bill passage, Nebraska’s Ben Nelson again split with the rest of the Democratic party and voted with the Republicans to hold up the financial regulation reform legislation.
The Democrats [...]
Specter opens the curtain a little more | Michael Tomasky
The congressional caucuses of both parties in both houses have more or less weekly strategy meetings. In this city of leaks and double-dealing, one thing we almost never, ever learn is what goes on in those meetings. They’re the super-secretest of all the super-secret strategy meetings that go on in this town.
Arlen Specter has broken [...]
Judge cites Oscar Wilde to thump Bank of America’s cynicism
Thank goodness for an independent judiciary. A US judge has ripped up a $33m settlement between Bank of America and the SEC over contentious bonuses at Merrill Lynch, ruling that the out-of-court deal amounted to a “cynical” pact between a top bank and its regulator.
Quoting Oscar Wilde in an order that left red faces on [...]
