Next Banking Crisis Could be Coming Soon
Central bankers and analysts are warning of another credit crisis just around the corner as banks start competing with governments to refinance trillions...
Opinion
Still Waiting for the Recovery
The economy has gained either 2.5 million jobs or 3.6 million jobs since the Recovery Act was signed into law in January, 2009,...
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Coulter Rips Republicans Over ‘Permanent War’
Quick, what Republican made the following statement? "I thought the irreducible requirements of Republicanism were being for life, small government and a strong...
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Change You Can Believe In: From Bushisms to Obamanisms
Shortly after Barack Obama was elected, one of his supporters, alluding to George W. Bush’s supposedly lacking intellect, said to me, “I’m just...
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Obamanomics: Out of Synch With Reality
With job creation in the private sector basically dead and a growing number of jobless workers ceasing to even look for work any...
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Small Banks Struggle Despite Bailout Funds
The Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is wreaking havoc on hundreds of small banks that took bailout money, according to a...
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Financial Reform Bill on Brink of Passage
The final version of the financial reform bill that has become a central component of President Obama’s New Deal-esque program to enormously enlarge...
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Santa and Frank
People who remember the old comic strip "Peanuts" will recall an often repeated situation where Lucy offers to hold a football for Charlie...
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Do We Really Need Three Liberal New Yorkers on the Supreme Court?
The nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court by President Obama seems to ignore the democratic notion that members of the Supreme...
Read moreThe Founders’ Vision Versus Ours
The celebration of our founders' 1776 revolt against King George III and the English Parliament is over. Let's reflect how the founders might...
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Foreclosures Hit Rich and Poor
The rich as well as the poor are losing their homes to foreclosures. That fact helps demonstrate the vast silliness of the federal...
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Despicable Me and the Plot to Steal the Moon
For parents interested in a pleasant way to pass the afternoon with their children, consider newly released Despicable Me (that is, if Toy...
Read moreLet’s Be Honest About Sen. Robert Byrd
There’s been a lot written over the past 12 days about the death of Robert Byrd, the so-called “last lion of the Senate.”...
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Sarah Palin, Soccer Moms, & Mama Grizzlies
We have had “soccer moms,” “hockey moms,” “waitress moms,” and other designations for women voters candidates like to target. Now Sarah Palin, who...
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When a People Tyrannizes Itself
All around the realm was heard a fateful cry: ?'Twill make us sleep the nightmare if ye tax the other guy. ?We...
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