Beyond the Jobs Report: A Call for a Transformational Economy
November 2, 2012 | Those job numbers are good for Obama, but don't say whether the economy is truly getting healthier.
Articles by Karen Dolan
Mitt Wants to be President – This President
October 22, 2012 | Conservatives are going to bed very nervous tonight. They must be realizing that Mitt really is the liberal they were afraid he was. Peace, love, and... gender equality?
Rope-A-Dope Revives the Hope
October 16, 2012 | Mitt was no wimp, and Obama was no progressive, but Obama had the better plans, the better attacks, and the better handle on the truth.
The Biggest Losers: Big Bird and the American People
October 4, 2012 | The first presidential debate of 2012 was an exercise in ridiculousness that produced no insight, no plan, no inspiration, no leadership, and no truth.
Record Poverty Persists While Gap Between Rich and Rest of Us Increases
September 12, 2012 | Sadly, those who "occupied" Wall Street and city squares across the country in 2011, were right: All of the income gains have concentrated at the top, while the rest of us saw a deterioration or stagnation in our wages and income.
Chief Justice Roberts Saves the Day
June 28, 2012 | The individual mandate won't get the axe; the Court just affirmed that the key is the tax.
A Ditty on Newt Gingrich: The Apogee of a Would-be Nominee
May 3, 2012 | We'll carry on with Barack and Mitt, but we lament that you called it quits.
Populism and Pain in Obama’s 2013 Budget Proposal
February 14, 2012 | Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly from a budget proposal where Obama is letting the 1 percent off rather easy, while the rest of us, especially the poor, shoulder the pain.