--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
America's Teacher By Naomi Klein


On September 17, in the midst of the publicity blitz for his cinematic takedown of the capitalist order, Moore talked with Nation columnist Naomi Klein by phone about the film, the roots of our economic crisis and the promise and peril of the present political moment. To listen to a podcast of the full conversation, click here. Following is an edited transcript of their conversation.- -The Editors

Robert Reich was the nation's 22nd Secretary of Labor and is a professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His latest book is "Supercapitalism." This is his personal journal.



Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Why the Dow is Hitting 10,000 Even When Consumers Can't Buy And Business Cries "Socialism"

, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus unveiled his long-awaited, updated health care reform bill to near-universal criticism. After the jump, the top 10 reasons that everyone (rightly) hates his plan.

10. Since everyone already dislikes it and he negotiated it without the input of the full committee, there are already 348 pages of potential amendments to wade through at the committee level before all Senators get their bite at the amendment apple.