Author: Bill Scher

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We\’ll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked. Then on Monday, we\’ll circle back and see if our questions…

The Huffington Post reported last night on Sen. John McCain\’s inaccurate claim that he supported \”every\” investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina: Appearing at a press conference in Louisiana on Wednesday, McCain claimed that he had supported \”every investigation\” into the flawed response to Hurricane Katrina, when, in fact, he had twice voted against…

The first speeches of the general election campaign were delivered last night. With the exception of the environment, where McCain is trying to develop a moderate-sounding message, the speeches preview a campaign with a real clash of progressive and conservative visions for America. From Sen. Barack Obama: Change is building an economy that rewards not…

As the Senate considers the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill this week, we\’re finally seeing some media coverage of the policy debate. Sadly, but predictably, we\’re still seeing conservative spin infect the coverage. in particular, news outlets are playing up distortions about what the cost of action would be to consumers. A report on NPR today…

Bush\’s Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is on a Middle East tour. Apparently, it\’s a comedy tour. Yetsterday, the Associated Press reported from Qatar: U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said Sunday that there was no quick fix to high oil prices… No quick fix! Paulson\’s boss President Bush has only been running the White…

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We\’ll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked. Then on Monday, we\’ll circle back and see if our questions…

As the weekend approaches, it\’s time for the Weekend Watchdog to resume patrol! Before we learn what politicians are scheduled to appear on the Sunday shows, what questions do you think should be asked this Sunday? What issues should not be ignored by the Beltway media establishment? What real scandals should not be pushed aside…

Yesterday, Sen. John McCain said he does not support the Lieberman-Warner global warming bill, and would not show up to vote on it next week. From the Washington Post: In a press conference late Wednesday afternoon, McCain said he did not support the bill sponsored by two of his closest allies, Sens. Joseph I. Lieberman…

It\’s not news that we\’re already feeling the impacts of global warming. As we noted in Making Sense, global warming has contributed to wildfires burning hotter and longer. the record number of Category 5 hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean this decade and the drying up of Lake Mead which supplies water to Phoenix and Las…

Casino became legal in more than 30 states because they were sold as economic growth engines and poverty fighters. Wrong. Casinos on tribal land have not reduced the crushing poverty in the Native American community. States which brought in commercial casinos — like Michigan — have not revitalized their local economies. (Check out our Stress…