November 10, 2005 -
Bob Moser has an excellent profile of John Edwards up at The Nation website, looking at what he's been up to since the 2004 elections and how he's laying the groundwork for a 2008 presidential run.
November 10, 2005 -
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November 10, 2005 -
The Senate voted today against setting up a "Truman Committee" to investigate reports of scandal, fraud and abuse for war contracts going to Halliburton and other companies. But the vote was close, and there was a surprise announcement from one GOP Senator. Here's a dispatch from Halliburton Watch:
November 10, 2005 -
As we edge closer to "Higher Expectations Week" -- Wal-Mart Watch's national campaign to hold the retail giant company accountable -- comes this report from Roby Block of Talk Business about Wal-Mart's attempts to expand into the banking sector:
November 10, 2005 -
Will be light blogging today and tomorrow, with The Blogger Formerly Known as South Knox Bubba on vacation and the Institute gearing up to launch an exciting project next week (stay tuned!).
November 9, 2005 -
You've already read the headline stories about yesterday's elections. Here are a few other odds and ends about Election Day 2005:
November 9, 2005 -
The Senate hearings on soaring corporate oil profits are now underway, and -- in what may be a first for the energy industry during this administration -- Reuters reports that they are on the defensive: