Author: Bill Scher

Today, the Omaha World Herald published the following op-ed of mine, exploring why the attacks on Sen. Barack Obama failed to derail his path to the nomination, and failed to deny him a clear lead against Sen. John McCain. Not what it means about Obama, but what it means about our politics, and what lessons…

Seems like every time gas prices shoot up, Big Oil CEOs are summoned to Capitol Hill for a ritual hazing. It\’s appropriate. We taxpayers are supporting Big Oil with billions in federal tax subsidies. CEOs should have to testify and justify their public windfall. They can\’t of course, which is why majorities in both houses…

Last year, the Supreme Court ordered the Bush administration to follow the law and treat greenhouse gas emissions as pollution under the Clean Air Act. And the Bush administration quickly snubbed the ruling, by denying states the ability under the Clean Air Act to adopt strict standards for emissions from vehicles. Now we learn that…

In the latest installment of This Week in Blog over at Bloggingheads.tv, Heritage Foundation\’s Conn Carroll discussed blogger reaction to McCain\’s incoherent global warming plan. Watch the segment below. It\’s always hard to keep up with conservative misinformation. Conn refused to accept that not all cap-and-trade plans are the same (misquoting several liberal bloggers, who…

Yesterday, President Bush was in Israel, and equated speaking with Iran with \”the false comfort of appeasement.\” Today in Saudi Arabia, Bush will likely fail (UPDATE:

Last week, Democrats and Republicans offered energy bills in response to rising gas prices, which clearly laid out the parties contrasting energy visions: investment in renewable energy vs. suspension of environmental standards for drilling and refining oil. As I noted then, the one point of agreement was a temporary suspension of filling the Strategic Petroleum…

Sen. John McCain reiterated his support for a \”cap-and-trade\” approach to global warming today. Treating global warming as real is McCain\’s best hope of convincing Americans he offers not more failed conservatism, but an independent maverick approach to government. Being a maverick suggests a coherent set of principles that overrides partisanship in service of the…

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. May 11 will be the last Sunday that Air America Radio\’s…

Both parties in the Senate have just introduced legislation in response to high gas prices. The Republican announcement states its bill with \”Reduce Gas Prices And Decrease Dependence On Foreign Oil,\” while the Democrats say theirs \”addresses the root causes of high gas prices.\” Neither directly promises to reduce gas prices immediately. Because neither would.…

The Democratic presidential campaign began with remarkable unity from the candidates regarding what needs to be done to revitalize the economy and restore America\’s moral authority—and their populist themes even spilled over into the Republican primary. That does not simply speak to the candidates\’ position papers and records. It reflects a broad mandate from the…