| Grilled Apple | | The New Republic Online - 7 Hours ago | | It's possible that no chief executive going before the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has had a more friendly hearing room than Apple CEO Tim Cook.An Apple logo stared at him comfortingly | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Ringside Seat: App That | | American Prospect - 7 Hours ago | | Paul Waldman, Apple went to the Capitol today to explain the company's great skill at avoiding taxes. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint In the wake of a report from a Senate subcommittee showing that Apple | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Just the Facts for J. Russell George | | The New Republic Online - 14 Hours ago | | If you've tried and failed to avoid taxes over the past decade or so, blame J. Russell George. President George W. Bush nominated him as the Treasury inspector general for tax administration in 2004, | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| |
|
| Naming Names in the Dodd Frank Mess | | RoadRunner - 18 Hours ago | | As we trudge through the swamp of disappointment that defines Dodd-Frank implementation, the liberal commentariat has lately seized upon a new meme; Wall Street lobbyists are responsible for gutting Dodd-Frank | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Dimon Forever | | American Prospect - 18 Hours ago | | The main item of business before JP Morgan Chase’s annual shareholder meeting, which will convene today in Tampa, is whether JPM CEO Jamie Dimon will be stripped of his additional post as chairman of | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Disaster at Close Range | | American Prospect - 18 Hours ago | | In the aftermath of the Oklahoma storms, one reporter reflects on what tragedy looks like up-close. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint As the reports from Oklahoma got worse and worse Monday afternoon, | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| Michelle Obama Sends the Wrong Message | | American Prospect - 5/21/2013 | | On the First Lady's commencement speech. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint Over the weekend, the Obamas—both Barack and Michelle—gave commencement speeches to historically black colleges and universities. | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| The Military's Suicide Scandal | | American Prospect - 5/20/2013 | | It’s time for the top brass to stop feigning surprise and start addressing the mounting mental health epidemic. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint What a drag it’s been these past few weeks to watch the | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Food Stamps Get Licked by Cuts | | American Prospect - 5/17/2013 | | This week, the Senate and House committees in charge of agriculture passed farm bills—mammoth bills that will last for five years if passed and signed—and sent them to their chamber floors. The bills | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| How to Stop the Next IRS Scandal | | American Prospect - 5/17/2013 | | The problem is not that the federal tax agency used political criteria to scrutinize groups. It's that it shouldn't be vetting political organizations at all. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint The root | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| LGBT PC | | The New Republic Online - 5/17/2013 | | One reason the idea of gay marriage, or “marriage equality,” spread so fast is that it seems obvious once you think about it. It was a genuinely new idea when it first appeared in this publication in | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Egypt's Hot New Sound | | American Prospect - 5/16/2013 | | A mix of sped up wedding songs and synthesizers made on computers with pirated software, a new dance music out of Cairo's slums and dealing with social issues is sweeping the country. | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Ringside Seat: NObamacare or Bust | | American Prospect - 5/16/2013 | | Paul Waldman, Sigh. Here we go again for the 40 millionth time. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint As any parent knows, small children often believe that when you've been denied something you want, repeating | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| |
|
| The Shadow Derivatives Market Lives On | | American Prospect - 5/16/2013 | | Large banks' big win on derivatives reform means nothing but bad news for the public. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint Tomorrow, the public interest will take a loss and the largest banks will chalk up | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Will Blog for Swag | | American Prospect - 5/16/2013 | | Yesterday was Google I/O, the tech giant’s annual developer conference. It’s where Google thinkers, technology journalists, and the genius programmers who make it all possible commune and geek out over | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| Rediscovering Albert Hirschman | | American Prospect - 5/16/2013 | | Resistance fighter. Development economist. Philosopher. A new biography of the thinker who redeemed political economy for liberals. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint To consider the life story of development | | | | Add Comment |
|
|
|
| |
|
| Ringside Seat: Yeah, Functioning Government! | | American Prospect - 5/16/2013 | | Jamelle Bouie, However, one confirmation doesn't make an ideal legislative body on its own. PinItInstapaperPocketEmailPrint Just this evening, the Senate voted to confirm Marilyn Tavenner as head of the | | | | Add Comment |
|
|