http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php my reactions to stuff and all Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:56:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en September 2, 2010 New York Times Op-Ed The Real Story By PAUL KRUGMAN Next week, President Obama is scheduled to propose new measures to boost the economy. I hope they’re bold and substantive, since the Republicans will oppose him regardless — if he came out for motherhood, the G.O.P. ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=397 September 2, 2010 New York Times Op-Ed How to End the Great Recession By ROBERT B. REICH Berkeley, Calif. THIS promises to be the worst Labor Day in the memory of most Americans. Organized labor is down to about 7 percent of the private work force. Members of non-organized labor — most of ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=396 August 29, 2010 New York Times Op-Ed It’s Witch-Hunt Season By PAUL KRUGMAN The last time a Democrat sat in the White House, he faced a nonstop witch hunt by his political opponents. Prominent figures on the right accused Bill and Hillary Clinton of everything from drug smuggling to murder. And ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=395 This Is Not a Recovery New York Times Op-Ed By PAUL KRUGMAN What will Ben Bernanke, the Fed chairman, say in his big speech Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyo.? Will he hint at new steps to boost the economy? Stay tuned. But we can safely predict what he and other officials will ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=394 How Polling Places Can Affect Your Vote Thursday 19 August 2010 by: Tom Jacobs  |  Miller-McCune From: TruthOut.com Researchers argue the physical location of the polls not only affects how many people vote; it may also influence last-minute decisions regarding which box to mark or lever to pull. Political pundits seldom pause to ponder polling ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=393 Dean Baker Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Posted: August 20, 2010 09:47 AM Huffington Post function hide_user_promo_bubble_second_stage() { var bubble = $("user_promo_bubble"); bubble.style.display = "none"; } function hide_user_promo_bubble() { var bubble = $("user_promo_bubble"); var myAnim = new YAHOO.util.Anim(bubble, { opacity: { to: 0 } }, 1, YAHOO.util.Easing.easeOut); myAnim.animate(); setTimeout("hide_user_promo_bubble_second_stage()", 1100); } function handle_promo_username(params) { var bubble = $("user_promo_bubble"); var img = $("user_promo_bubble_image"); var anchor = $("user_promo_bubble_link"); if (params.has_photo ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=392 New York Times Op-Ed July 25, 2010 Who Cooked the Planet? By PAUL KRUGMAN Never say that the gods lack a sense of humor. I bet they’re still chuckling on Olympus over the decision to make the first half of 2010 — the year in which all hope of action to ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=390 The Disappearing Intellectual in the Age of Economic Darwinism by: Henry A. Giroux, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed We live at a time that might be appropriately called the age of the disappearing intellectual, a disappearance that marks with disgrace a particularly dangerous period ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=389 Published on The Nation (http://www.thenation.com) Unjust Spoils Robert Reich | June 30, 2010 Wall Street's banditry was the proximate cause of the Great Recession, not its underlying cause. Even if the Street is better controlled in the future (and I have my doubts), the structural reason for the Great Recession ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=388 New York Times Editorial July 9, 2010 A Climate Change Corrective Perhaps now we can put the manufactured controversy known as Climategate behind us and turn to the task of actually doing something about global warming. On Wednesday, a panel in Britain concluded that scientists whose e-mail had been hacked ... http://girlnamedgo.net/windancer/index.php/?p=387