Four Lessons From the Shutdown
Anyone who believed at the beginning of the last government shutdown that Republicans were going to stand on principle to the bitter end hasn’t been paying attention. ...
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Fed Nominee Yellen, a Staunch Inflationist and Establishmentarian
If the U.S. Senate confirms Obama Fed nominee Janet Yellen, she will use her power to ensure the continued ascendancy of the “money trust,” to the long-lasting detriment of...
Rough Road to Recovery
President Obama has claimed that America is well on its way to economic recovery, but if job figures, incomes, inflation, and debt are any indication, he’s wrong. ...
Why the Government Shutdown Is a Welcome Development
The very fact that the government shutdown has forced Washington to admit that much of what it does is “non-essential” is an important wake-up call. ...
Salon Acknowledges “Elites’ Strange Plot to Take Over the World”
Salon’s Matt Stoller apparently feels that the 20th-century drive to create world government — obvious in hindsight — is now far enough in the rearview mirror, and the institutions...
North American Union: From NAFTA to the NAU
NAFTA was a major step toward an EU-style North American Union; but grassroots pushback has caused elitists to shift strategy to Pacific Rim and European partnerships. ...
The U.S. “Homeland”
While a full-blown North American Union (NAU) analogous to the up-and-running European Union may still be a distant dream for internationalists, in one sense, at least, union among the...
Planetary Resources Announces Plans for Crowdfunded Space Telescope
On May 29 Planetary Resources, one of two private concerns hoping to someday mine near-earth asteroids, announced plans for the first-ever crowdfunded space telescope, a venture that would allow...
The Public Pillorying of Apple for Legally Reducing Tax Burden
Last week’s show trial of Apple Computer on Capitol Hill ended up being more of an indictment of the Republican Party than of allegedly venal Apple executives accused of...
Cyprus Openly Defies the EU
Four days into the worst crisis to hit the island nation since the 1974 invasion by Turkey, Cyprus’ lawmakers did the unthinkable and the unprecedented Tuesday: In voting unanimously...
Will the EU Sink Cyprus?
The specter of default has reached the shores of Cyprus, the latest country in the Eurozone to require an EU bailout in order to stay afloat. The island nation...
Major U.S. Companies Park Money Overseas to Save on Taxes
In a stunning depiction of how bad our tax code has become, the Wall Street Journal on March 10 found that 60 major U.S. companies parked a total of...
Obama the Deficit Hawk?
President Obama, on whose watch the federal debt has grown by more than $5.9 trillion, and during whose administration America has become drearily accustomed to annual deficits measured in...
It’s Baaack! Obama’s Minimum Wage Folly
When President Obama announced a proposed hike in the federal minimum wage rate in his State of the Union address last week, the reaction was swift. House Speaker John...
Fiscal Debt: Charging Ahead
Congressional fiscal debates are making headlines, but in reality our representatives are unlikely to substantially cut spending — despite the harsh consequences of failing to do so. ...