Money In Politics
July 5, 2006 -
President Bush came to Fort Bragg and Fayetteville on July 4. It's becoming something of a ritual: poll numbers sagging, fierce debate about the Iraq war erupting, fly into North Carolina's most famous military town for a round of cheerleading.
July 3, 2006 -
Books and science -- not exactly sacred items in Washington these days. Unions representing 10,000 Environmental Protection Agency scientists -- over half the agency's workforce -- sent a letter to Congress last Thursday protesting the Bush administration's proposed 80 percent cut in the agency's library budget.
May 26, 2006 -
Yesterday's White House press conference came 30 minutes after a jury convicted Enron heads "Kenny Boy" Lay and Peter Skilling on multiple counts in one of the biggest corporate fraud cases in U.S
May 11, 2006 -
For a preview of how it's going to play out in the 2006 midterms, check out this report about a scripted GOP attack against Harold Ford Jr. for taking "Hollywood money." But wait, there's more. It seems the GOP is throwing bricks from inside a glass house.
April 14, 2006 -
If you live in North Carolina and put off doing your taxes, here's a last-minute tip: check the box to have $3 of your taxes go to the Public Campaign Fund. It doesn't affect your tax bill, and it goes towards a great cause: getting private-interest money out of judicial elections in N.C., and replacing it with public financing.
April 7, 2006 -
Blogging from Washington, D.C. after a strategy meeting with Good Jobs First, an excellent group tracking corporate subsidies and alternative ways of stimulating economic development.
April 4, 2006 -
Tom DeLay is resigning from the U.S. House of Representatives. Wonder if it has anything to do with this?