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Field Notes: The Summer Burn Of '22 Aug. 24, 2022
The scorching summer of '22 may be one we never forget, as a turning point in the wheels of weather ... Read More
Finding Reasons for Progressive Optimism Aug. 17, 2022
From corporate polluters to political bosses, power elites try to create a myth of inevitability, tr... Read More
A Sweet Summer Day in The Senate Aug. 10, 2022
WASHINGTON — Never in the history of the Senate have so many men and women hugged on the floor... Read More
It's Not a Loophole Just Because Dems Don't Like It Aug. 05, 2022
While peddling the ludicrously named Inflation Reduction Act on CNN this past week, Sen. Joe Manchin... Read More
Manchin: The Man in the Middle Moves Aug. 03, 2022
Now I can say it: I never thought Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., was as nefarious — ahem! — ... Read More
Climate Bill Should Please Anyone Who Can Be Pleased Aug. 02, 2022
What? Good news in the fight to save the planet from rising temperatures? Yes. It comes in the form ... Read More
Joe Manchin Blinks Jul. 30, 2022
On Wednesday, just as the bad news was coming on the economy, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announc... Read More
Manchin Says the Filibuster Can Spur Bipartisanship. If Not Now, on Guns, Then When? Jun. 02, 2022
Centrist Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona continue frustr... Read More
Democrats Should Stop Being Whiny, Accept Half a Loaf as the Best They Can Get Jan. 20, 2022
Democrats in the Senate find themselves stymied at every turn by the Republican minority plus two of... Read More
Odd Duck Sings Senate Swan Song Jan. 19, 2022
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema was speaking on the Senate floor, so I rushed into the chambe... Read More
Joe Biden's Deplorable Lies May Not Even Be in His Partisan Interest Jan. 14, 2022
How do you explain why an ultra-experienced politician makes a major speech on the behalf of a legis... Read More
Union Bosses Against Union Jobs Jan. 04, 2022
Why don't the union bosses in America represent their union members anymore? Could it be because the... Read More
Will Joe Manchin III Cross the Aisle? Dec. 30, 2021
Washington — I have been thinking about who my Man of the Year might be this year. And, by the... Read More
'Build Back Better' Falters Under Its Own Weight -- Dividing It Could Save It Dec. 27, 2021
Media coverage of the debate over "Build Back Better," President Joe Biden's $1.75 trillion social p... Read More
The Unnecessary Manchin Mess Dec. 24, 2021
"Joe Manchin Just Killed the Biden Agenda," lamented a headline in The Week. The funereal tone was e... Read More
Thank You, Sen. Manchin Dec. 22, 2021
The saying, "One man with courage makes a majority" has been attributed by historians to different s... Read More
Biden Faces the Limits of His Power Dec. 22, 2021
The president of the United States is often referred to as the most powerful person in the world. Th... Read More
Workers and Savers Screwed by Inflation While Government Spending Caters to the Takers Dec. 15, 2021
U.S. senators need to forgo the posh Capitol dining rooms and go food shopping in the shoes of ordin... Read More
Wake Up, Progressives: You're Lucky To Have Kyrsten Sinema Nov. 30, 2021
Brian Murray knows just how fierce an opponent Arizona's Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be. The Republican ... Read More
