No Insurance Company Left Behind
3-11-2010 – 4:18 pm | Comments

By Katie Robbins – | HealthCareNOW.org
On Tuesday, the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) coalition performed a “citizen’s arrest” of the insurance industry at a meeting of Americas Health Insurance Plans, the private health …

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Subsidies for Wal-Mart, but Not for Working Moms
9-4-2009 – 6:00 pm | Comments
Subsidies for Wal-Mart, but Not for Working Moms

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Thank goodness America wasn’t in recovery from eight years of a Republican contract on America back when another president, Lyndon B. Johnson, signed Medicare into law back in 1965, a program that …

Eric Holder and PR 101
8-9-2009 – 10:17 pm | Comments
Eric Holder and PR 101

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
It looks like Attorney General Eric Holder is on the verge of appointing a criminal prosecutor to investigate waterboarding, and other illegal acts that were part of the interrogation policies put in …

What to do with the enablers?
7-12-2009 – 9:54 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Senator Feinstein was right when she told Fox News, on Sunday, that we have a “problem” with a vice president who orders the head of the Central Intelligence Agency not to disclose …

The Pay Dirt
4-3-2009 – 6:53 am | Comments

Jock Friedly’s LegiStorm Makes Hill Salaries Easy To Search — and Debate
By Manuel Roig-Franzia
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, April 2, 2009; C01
Go ahead. Hate him.
Jock Friedly couldn’t care less. This is a man who counts being …

Geithner: The Cheney of Wall Street
3-26-2009 – 9:16 pm | Comments

By: Jayne Lyn Stahl
Why would anyone consider connecting Obama’s treasury secretary with George W. Bush’s former vice-president? Well, stay tuned, because Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is going to be to the Obama administration what …

Crown Prince of Neverland
1-16-2009 – 11:00 am | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
I have a confession. I’m not a blogger. In fact, I wasn’t even sure I knew how to write a blog until I heard the 43rd president of the United States give …

Liability Insurance for Interrogators?
1-11-2009 – 7:22 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
If leading Democratic senators have their way, agents and officials with the Central Intelligence Agency will be immunized against prosecution for any criminal activity arising from taking commands, and/or employing “alternative methods” …

AFL-CIO Priorities For the 111th Congress
1-8-2009 – 8:07 am | Comments

From the AFL-CIO
Pass the Employee Free Choice Act.
Implement a meaningful economic recovery package that rebuilds our economy and creates millions of new jobs, including “green jobs.”
Provide affordable and quality health care for all.
Members of the …