Blogs: An Economy for All

Instead of a silly argument over a "gas tax holiday," we desperately need a serious discussion about the nation's infrastructure. And there is a good legislative proposal that could be the basis for that discussion. more »

We have been trained to think of states as the supposed "laboratories of democracy," but what they really are these days are a check and balance against federal inaction and Potomac Fever. That's the case I make in my newspaper column out today - especially as it relates to the housing crisis. more »

Sometimes racial denigration is easy to see - think white police officers in the segregation era using hoses to stop peaceful protests. Other times it is more subtle - like a few days ago on ABC's Nightline. more »

As gas prices head towards $4 a barrel, some politicians, as Rev. Jeremiah Wright would say, "do what politicians do" and propose a gas-tax holiday. Only there's one small problem with this tax cut: The oil companies are likely to pocket most of it. We've seen it happen before. more »

My column last week criticizes ABC's Charlie Gibson for using his position as debate moderator to focus the presidential discourse on the supposed unfairness of asking very wealthy people to pay the same tax rate on their stock profits as their servants pay on hard earned wages. more »

The guilt-by-association standard hurts our politics, no matter who you support. more »

The "controversy" over Barack Obama's "bitter" comments was a media creation from start to finish - a brouhaha manufactured by very wealthy reporters and pundits who do anything they can to ignore, reject or otherwise downplay the very real issue of inequality and economic cl more »

The financial markets are rallying and many leading investment bankers are declaring that the crisis is over. Methinks they do protest to much. more »

During McCain's "Time For Action" tour, he suggests he might "tear down" the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans more »

The conservative war against the war on poverty continues as Arizona Sen. John McCain goes to the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. He calls his tour of communities where the failures of conservatism have had their most graphic impact the "It's Time for Action Tour." But the only real action on this tour is on behalf of the benefactors of a failed conservative ideology.

• Rick Perlstein uncovers the video that puts McCain's New Orleans speech in context. ALSO: Read and comment on Mother Jones' breakdown of McCain's record on Katrina.

• Bill Scher adds that maybe we don't want McCain taking any action. more »