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Joe Klein, blogging for Time, recently declared, ” There is something profoundly diseased about a society that idolizes its ignoramuses and disdains its experts.”  For  Klein and many like-minded “experts,” the “diseased” are us, the American voters, especially those voters ...Read more

President Obama is urging everyone in Congress to vote in favor of the “doc fix” this week – deferring scheduled cuts in physician reimbursement for Medicare services rendered. On one level, this request is simply routine.  After all, these  “automatic ...Read more

Last Thursday, the US Senate passed S.3217, a financial reform bill supposed to reign in Wall Street and prevent a repeat of the recession in whose midst we still suffer.  At least its title, “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of ...Read more

Scott Brown’s US Senate campaign victory in Massachusetts, the bluest of blue states, is for the Democratic establishment in Washington like that moment on the beach when the tide suddenly goes way out for miles just before the horizon rises ...Read more

Last week CenterMovement.org columnist Adele Wick issued a report card evaluating President Obama’s performance on domestic issues. Report card punditry is fun, but we also seriously hope our evaluations encourage fair-minded thinking. In that spirit we invite ...Read more