Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a woman with some serious-ass moxie. Her work as a pioneer on women’s issues has always inspired me, as has her fiesty and witty style of inserting some flair into her opinions when she gets an opening to do so. 

Thus, it is with some measure of concern that I inform you of this: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had surgery Thursday after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer…

What do Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have in common?

They both oppose provisions in the economic recovery package that would ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent on products that are made in America—to the maximum extent possible. The Buy America provision survived the Senate debate last night, despite attempts to kill it by someone who consistently wraps himself in the American flag: Sen. John McCain.

Powerful, inspiring story about how the President’s plan will help this small town.

The MSNBC’s Morning Joe continues to misrepresent the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act, using almost exclusively Republican talking points. But this morning, Senator Jack Reed clearly explained how the stimulus bill will create millions of jobs and help the country overcome Bush’s recession.

Reid sounds like he’s holding all the cards.

Referring to this post this morning.

The biggest question in the quest to create a “bad bank,” as the government moves to buy up “toxic assets” with taxpayer dollars and leave all the profitable ones to banks and their shareholders, is valuation:

Under the emerging plan, the government will buy toxic assets below the banks “carrying value,” which is basically market value, but not at fire sale levels, the source said.That approach will likely placate both taxpayer and

Why not?

Remember how Victoria Toensing always got to pretend she had no association with Scooter Libby’s defense team? Well, now she’s fund-raising to support Libby’s PR flack’s run for political office.

The story of the morning seems to be that the Obama team is unhappy with Nancy Pelosi and the House committee chairs for delivering up such a liberal, pork-laden bill that they really had nothing to do with, and “anonymous source” are fanning out to fuel the fiction:

By this staffer’s account, during the transition Summers, his deputy Jason Furman, and the White House’s top Congressional liason, Phil Schiliro, laid out the