Under the Reading Lamp — 4/3/2012

BANKING When Bankers Rule the World David Korten, Op-Ed: “The tell-all defection of Greg Smith, a former Goldman Sachs executive, provided an insider’s view of the moral corruption of the Wall Street banks that control of much of America’s economy and politics. Smith

Ryan-Romney Budget Gives Away the Store

Congressman Paul Ryan has finally endorsed Mitt Romney as his preferred candidate for president.   Yeah, like we didn’t expect that coming.  Thus, it should be no surprise that both Romney and Ryan support the same key budget tenets — massive cuts to

Xiomara Rodriguez files to unseat Amodei in CD2

by Xiomara Rodriguez Vazquez on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 11:19am This is a question I have been asked frequently.  I have asked myself the same question many, many times.  The answer is not a simple one; it could be answered in an ideological way.  But the

PAC Track — Who’s Spending What Where for Whom

For those of you who are disturbed by the extraordinary influence of money being dumped into the election process by special interest groups and other unknown parties, a new tool is now available as a ProPublica project.  ProPublica published a new page

Under the Reading Lamp — 1/30/2012

Jim Hightower | Buying Our Future Jim Hightower, Op-Ed: “Already, four of the top GOP presidential contenders have dropped out. Michele Bachmann went first, because she was too wacky, followed by Jon Huntsman, because he was too sane. Herman Cain gave up