Dec 01 Watch News Wrap: Offshore Drilling Plan Reversed by Obama Adminstration In other news Wednesday, the Interior Department said it is reversing the plan laid out last March to drill for oil off the East Coast and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The Obama administration unveiled the plan before the… Continue watching
Dec 01 On Wednesday's NewsHour: Simpson and Bowles Here's what's coming up on Wednesday's NewsHour ... POLITICAL DEAL-MAKING: From tax cuts to jobless benefits, the deal-making race is on for lawmakers before the end of the lame duck session of Congress. Gwen Ifill will report on the details. Continue reading
Dec 01 Million Dollar Question: How Can 'Europe' Bail Out 'Europe'? By Paul Solman I'm OK, EuroK? Maybe not. Here's an Australian parody video of what you might call "EuroK thinking." It's making the rounds in Europe at the moment. (The link was sent by a friend in Spain.)… Continue reading
Dec 01 Million Dollar Questions: Who's Bailing Who Out? By Elizabeth Shell I'm OK, EuroK? Maybe not. Here's an Australian parody video of what you might call "EuroK thinking." It's making the rounds in Europe at the moment. (The link was sent by a friend in Spain.)… Continue reading
Dec 01 The Morning Line: Fiscal Commission Set to Unveil Plan, Delay Vote Wednesday was supposed to be the day that the members of President Obama's fiscal commission released its plan to rein in the country's debt and deficits and voted on it. The first part will still happen Wednesday, according… Continue reading
Nov 30 Watch News Wrap: New WikiLeaks Document Reveals U.S. Critique of Karzai In other news Tuesday, WikiLeaks released a memo in which a U.S. diplomat criticizes Afghan President Hamid Karzai for allegedly freeing dangerous detainees because of ties to powerful people. Continue watching
Nov 30 Patchwork Nation: Mapping High School Dropout Rates Of all the factors that go into making a community the local school system may be the most critical. Better schools not only equal better-educated kids, but often better property values and a better quality of life. On Tuesday, a… Continue reading
Nov 30 Tool$ Tuesday | The Bush Tax Cuts By Paul Solman Today's Tool$ Tuesday is another look at how the tax cuts might be implemented. This Bush Tax Cut tool comes by way of the Tax Policy Center, a much-appreciated think tank in today's hyper-polarized environment. Continue reading
Nov 30 Tool$ Tuesday | The Bush Tax Cuts By Elizabeth Shell Today's Tool$ Tuesday is another look at how the tax cuts might be implemented. This Bush Tax Cut tool comes by way of the Tax Policy Center, a much-appreciated think tank in today's hyper-polarized environment. Continue reading
Nov 29 Obama's Call for Pay Freeze Stirs Up Debate on Federal Workers President Obama's call to freeze federal workers' pay for two years marks the biggest moment yet in an escalating debate over whether government employees are overpaid and often protected from the worst of economic conditions -- or whether… Continue reading