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• The Pitfalls and Possibilities of Orwellian "Pragmatism"

  pragmatic Definition: of or pertaining to a practical point of view or practical considerations. If you've been reading the newspaper or watching television recently, you probably noticed the sudden ubiquity of the word "pragmatic." President-elect Obama has repeatedly used the...

  Posted by David Sirota on November 28, 2008 6:45 AM
  Tags: center-right nation watch economy

• Does the NYT Hate Obama?

  The New York Times editorial board, which vigorously endorsed Barack Obama for president, has a fairly scathing editorial today about the President-elect's economic team: Both men, however, have played central roles in policies that helped provoke today's financial crisis. Mr....

  Posted by David Sirota on November 25, 2008 7:03 AM
  Tags: economy

• A bellwether on state budget crises enters prime time

  In a televized address yesterday, the policy details of which went surprisingly unremarked even in the Times, New York Governor David Paterson announced what should come as a no-brainer to just about anyone with a pulse: the state of New...

  Posted by Austin Guest on July 31, 2008 3:07 PM
  Tags: budget economy new york paterson pay cut privatization recession taxes

• Welcome to the Recession

  In in the real world outside the presidential campaign bubble, there's some really big, bad news from the BBC: "The feared recession in the US economy has already arrived, according to a report from Merrill Lynch. It said that Friday's...

  Posted by David Sirota on January 9, 2008 7:28 AM
  Tags: economy

• Pathetic & Offensive

  Here's an old press release from the Democratic National Committee: "As Governor, Huckabee implemented a [tax] increase on everything from cigarettes, to gasoline and even on driver's licenses...While he's in New Hampshire he should use this opportunity to stop the...

  Posted by David Sirota on November 21, 2007 7:44 AM
  Tags: economy

• Democrats Beware: An Economic Populist Is Rising In the GOP's Presidential Primary

  Leave it to the New York Times' crack campaign team to take what is a truly interesting story from the Republican presidential primary and boil it down into an uninteresting, hackneyed attempt to mimic People magazine-style nonsense (Suggestion for a...

  Posted by David Sirota on August 14, 2007 7:56 AM
  Tags: 2008 economy Huckabee Republican 2008 primary

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