Democrat Retirements a Trend or a Tsunami?
The announcements by Democrat Senators Chris Dodd (Conn.) and Byron Dorgan (N.D.) last week that they will not be running for reelection in 2010 raised both concerns by Democrats...
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The Fed: Forever Blowing Bubbles
An article in the New York Times asked that since the Federal Reserve “failed to recognize the last bubble,… why should Congress, or anyone else, have faith that future...
Stock Rally Owing to Plunge Protection Team Conspiracy?
The 60 percent gain in stocks since March was largely caused by secret government purchases of stock-index futures, the CEO of TrimTabs claims. ...
2010 Outlook Sour and Anxious
Several recent polls show the American people to be in a sour mood and anxious about the future, according to an op-ed column in the New York Times. ...
Bernanke: Lax Oversight Recession’s Cause
Regulatory failures and not low interest rates were responsible for the housing bubble, implosion and current recession, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke asserted on Sunday. ...
The Fed’s New Tool to Fight Inflation
Last Monday, the Federal Reserve unveiled its new “term deposit facility” as another tool to fight inflation. ...
Ponzi Schemes and Social Security
More than $16 billion of investors’ money evaporated in Ponzi schemes in 2009, according to the Associated Press. Although the names Bernie Madoff and Allen Stanford were in the...
Rep. Parker Griffith Changes From Democrat to Republican
Alabama Representative Parker Griffith announced on Tuesday that he is changing his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. ...
Inside Goldman
When the New York Times announced in their lead article on the front page of their Christmas Eve edition that the Securities and Exchange Commission was investigating Goldman Sachs...
Will Obama Nominate Napolitano for the Supreme Court?
Evidence is mounting that Obama will have another opportunity to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court when Justice Stevens retires next summer. ...
The Economy: Cheerleaders vs. Reality
When MSNBC headlined the report that existing home sales surged by 7.4 percent in November (according to the National Association of Realtors), it suggested that such an improvement boosted...
Gun Owners, Filtered
In Monday’s editorial, the New York Times reported the results of a Frank Luntz poll indicating that NRA members are much softer on key issues than the National Rifle...
Obama, Dems Slip Sharply in Polls
Nearing the end of his first year in office, President Obama and his Democratic Party are taking a beating in polls by NBC News/Wall Street Journal and the Washington...
The Legacy of Oral Roberts
The impact Oral Roberts had on the latter half of the 20th century was staggering. From a dirt-poor childhood to a ministry that touched hundreds of millions worldwide, Roberts,...
World’s Toughest Sheriff — No Apologies
Arguably the “world’s toughest sheriff,” Maricopa County (Phoenix) Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues to draw heavy fire for his strong statements, stands, and tactics against illegal immigration. ...