Category: Economy
New York’s Novel Plan | A Carbon Problem for GM | Judging CEOs by Their Houses
by WS Editors | Apr 15, 2007 | Economy, EnvironmentWonderful Town—It might seem odd for a billionaire to develop a radical plan to help the poor. But New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, a possible independent presidential candidate for 2008, has done so in a typically unconventional manner. Stay in school, go to the dentist, take a higher education course or get job training […]
Tom DeLay’s Unsolicited Advice | The Foreclosure Epidemic | An Iraq Fallacy
by WS Editors | Apr 1, 2007 | Economy, Foreign PolicyThe Hammer Strikes Back—NBC’s Today Show isn’t known for putting its guests in the hot seat—unless your name is Tom Cruise. Yet there was host Meredith Vieira on March 20, sinking her teeth into former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. “You say to fight, and the name of your book is No Retreat, No Surrender. But didn’t you […]
Remembering Molly Ivins | Strange Bedfellows | Florida Dumps Electronic Voting
by WS Editors | Feb 15, 2007 | Culture, EconomyRemembering Molly—We know that a great many of you first subscribed to the Spectatorbased on the recommendation of Molly Ivins, the iconic liberal columnist and humorist who, as you no doubt know, died on January 31 after a long fight with cancer. Molly got to know our longtime editor Ben A. Franklin back in the days […]
Progressives Must Turn Their Attention to the States
by WS Editors | Dec 1, 2006 | Economy, PoliticsAfter three dreadful election cycles—each, it seems, worse than the one before—progressives have made serious gains. The statistics are great: Six U.S. Senate seats. Twenty-nine U.S. Representatives. Six governors. Nine legislative chambers. More than three hundred state legislators. Final tallies are still being crunched, but it looks as though Democrats picked up everywhere from federal […]
Maxed-Out Families and the Fading American Dream
by Perry L. Weed | Nov 1, 2006 | EconomyEditor’s note: President Bush never misses an opportunity to tout the economic growth and job gains of the last few years. The Dow may be at record highs, but there’s an ugly truth behind the myth of today’s economic “good times.” We asked occasional contributor Perry L. Weed to tease out the real story from […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety