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• The Daily Report

  Gas Tax Holiday: Boon or Bane?

  Evan Miller | Wed, Apr 30th, 2008 | Category: Guests | Tags: obama, clinton, republican, energy, infrastructure, cnn, evan miller, jobs, the new argument, construction, money, oil, highway, mccain, labor, hillary, taxes, average, nominee, christmas | 3

  As families prepare for summer road-trips, lawmakers are wondering if a proposed gas tax holiday will make it easier for travelers to make it out of the city without exhausting their funds for summer fun. The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports.

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• The Daily Report

  Senate Republicans Vote “No” on Bill, “Yes” on Discrimination.

  Jeffrey Hill | Thu, Apr 24th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | Tags: jeffrey hill, republican, cnn, mccain, senate, pay discrimination bill | 1

  Women of America: “Put your lipstick on, square your shoulders, suit up,” said Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) to reporters moments after Senate Republicans blocked a bill on Pay Discrimination. “The revolution starts tonight.” NAC’s Jeffrey Hill asks: Why in the world did this happen yesterday and why has this story been buried in the press?

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• Headlines

  Moms Fight High Food Costs, Wind Power and Turnaround Schools for Boston, Trees for New York, More

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Apr 21st, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, new york city, news, headlines, growth, education, cnn, boston, arizona, wind power, schools, inflation, gas prices, arthur simpson, maui | 0

  America’s moms are cutting back the grocery bill with homemade products, Maui preserves lifestyle in new urban growth plan, Boston’s new wind power facility, Arthur Simpson talks trees in New York and more in today’s headlines.

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• Headlines

  More Olympic news, Stories from D.C., Florida HUD goes Local, Golf Sprawl, MORE

  Jeffrey Hill | Mon, Apr 7th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, building, headlines, downtown, cnn, chicago, china, police, paris, protests, sprawl, olympics, suburb, bob king, upenn, golf, washington post, university of penn | 0

  Tibetan protesters continue their focus on China’s olympic march, UPenn students win student urban design competition, Florida HUD returns to local control, Hispanics contribute $60 billion to the telecommunications industry ... this and more in today’s headlines.

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• Headlines

  What you missed, Airwaves S.O.S., Great Googley-Moogley!, Moth Problems, More

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Mar 18th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, headlines, economy, cnn, president, atlanta, chinese, public airwaves, pesticide, microsoft, violence, light brown apple moth, google, sterilization, czech republic | 0

  Headlines are back after a brief vacation. Here’s a quick recap of what you missed:

  1.) There is still a presidential election in November and you still have thousands of mind-numbing political ads to be subjected to.
  2.) The news media has nothing better to cover than the alleged sexual three-way of the former N.J. governor.
  3.) J.P. Morgan bought Bear Stearns for two dollars a share showing that companies can now merge together with the help of a script writer and coreographer.
  4.) A tornado ripped through Atlanta.
  5.) The nation was shocked when New York governor Elliot Spitzer was discovered to be using the services of a (gasp) prostitute - crossing the fine line of politics and ethics which sent the media and an entire civilization into a frenzy.
  6.) St. Patrick’s Day gave millions of Americans a reason to drink other than the state of the economy and primetime television.
  7.) There is still violence in Tibet. The Chinese are still killing Tibetans. The Tibetans are rioting. The Dalai Lama may resign as Tibet’s head of state. America and CNN thinks N.J. governor three-way story is more important. 

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• Headlines

  Bye-bye Beard, adieu Musharraf, CNN fires Pazienza for blogging, more

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Feb 19th, 2008 | Category: Headlines | City: Headlines | Tags: jeffrey hill, blogging, fidel castro, cnn, john mccain, bush sr, cisco systems, pervez musharraf, pakistan, chez pazienza, green technology, real urban policies, beard | 0

  

  “Say Goodnight to the Bad Guy”—Castro Resigns as President of Cuba.

  For almost 50 years, Fidel Castro served as commanding officer of one of the few communist outposts in the Eastern Hemisphere. Last night, in a letter to the state-run news outlet, Gamma, Castro claimed he was physically unable to continue his duties. CNN reports: “I will not aspire to, nor will I accept the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief,” Castro wrote. “I wish only to fight…

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• The Daily Report

  Democrats Differ on How to Deal With Mortgage Crisis

  Mike Muller | Wed, Feb 6th, 2008 | Category: Report | Tags: mike muller, hillary clinton, barack obama, economy, cnn, foreclosures, homeownership, mortgage crisis, fraud, the new republic, democratic debate | 0

  During last weekend’s Democratic debate, when CNN’s Wolf Blitzer wasn’t trying to get the two surviving candidates to spit in each other’s faces, a lot of substantive discussion took place. One of the topics mentioned, which we have yet to cover in this column, was the mortgage crisis. And although it wasn’t deliberated at much length, Hillary Clinton said her position on the issue was one of the biggest policy distinctions between her campaign and Barack Obama’s.

  The major differences…

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• The Daily Report

  Post-gloom in Hillaryland, Obama = Princess Leia, NYC death rate reaches historic low

  Matt Stroud | Wed, Jan 9th, 2008 | Category: Guests | Tags: commentary, hillary clinton, obama, barack obama, election 2008, cnn, john mccain, president, post-gloom in hillary land, antiwar groups | 0

  To warm up, we begin with a throwback—Christopher Morris’ 2003 satirical interpretation/re-framing of President Bush’s State of the Union address:

  “...this year, for the first time, we must offer every child in America three nuclear missiles.”

  If that doesn’t get you ready to read about presidential primaries, we don’t know what will. So:

  The Atlantic has an insider report from the Hillary camp, describing first the ”deep sense of gloom that settled over Hillaryland,” and then the…

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