The Florida Democrat who said Republicans want sick people to "die quickly" is again drawing criticism for his harsh rhetoric, this time for making derogatory remarks about a senior Federal Reserve adviser in a radio interview. ...more

October 27, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama wants more transparency and strict guidelines for using the second $350 billion of the bailout fund Congress approved last fall to stabilize the nation's financial system. ...more

January 11, 2009

In the first year of his presidency George W. Bush was forced to confront the crisis of global terrorism. He responded by aggrandizing his power as president under the theory of a "unitary executive." The controversial and thoroughly repudiated policies that resulted, including warrantless surveillance of Americans' phone conversations, torture, and disregard for the basic constitutional rights of detainees, represented the most sweeping assertion of unchecked executive power in generations. ...more

January 3, 2009

The government came to the American people saying, "The sky is falling." ...more

October 16, 2008

More sorry tales from George Bush's Department of Injustice: Officials there trashed law, department policy and honorable tradition to fill professional positions with partisan loyalists and ideological activists. ...more

August 2, 2008

Putting a market price on emissions of greenhouse gases will have to wait for a new year, a new president and a new plan. ...more

June 9, 2008