Geithner Unveils Lastest Financial Bailout
In a speech in the Treasury’s Cash Room today, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled yet another initiative to stop the financial crisis in...
Biden: Global Cop Through “Alliances”
Vice President Joseph Biden told attendees of the 45th annual Munich Security Conference that...
Obama’s Faith-based Initiatives
President Obama on February 5 fulfilled another of his campaign promises by expanding on...
“Supersizing” the IMF
Is the International Monetary Fund headed toward becoming the Federal Reserve of the world?...
T-Bills Gone Wild: A Crash in Progress?
The credit rating of the U.S. government is falling fast. Treasury debt mechanisms have...
Russia’s Puzzling Role in Afghan Theater
On February 5, we reported about the fate of the U.S. air base at...
Fate of U.S. Base in Kyrgyzstan Uncertain
Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on February 3 that his government had decided to...
Obama Bows to EU Demands on Stimulus
Caving in to pressure from the European Union, President Barack Obama signaled this week...
Holodomor: The Secret Holocaust in Ukraine
When Ukraine resisted Soviet attempts at collectivization in the 1920s and '30s, the Soviet...
A Bad Deal Revisited — Obama and FDR
ITEM: Writing for Newsweek's online edition on January 13, Daniel Gross complains: "Even before...
Whatever Happened to Global Warming?
Now that record-cold temperatures across the globe are making a mockery of human-caused global...
First Iranian-produced Satellite Launched
Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, announced on February 3 that on the previous day...
Senator-designate Newman: Blank Slate
The 63-year-old woman who will soon become the newest member of the U.S. Senate...
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Parallels With the Great Depression
What began early last year as a "credit crunch" and an "economic downturn" is...
This Year: $2 Trillion Budget Deficit?
“Easily in fiscal year 2009 it’s not out of the realm of possibility to...
Assignment: Make the Constitution “Live”
"Mister Welter! Mister Welter!" Brooke Forrest yelled down the hallway of Oprah's School for...
Judd Gregg and Bipartisanship
Bipartisanship, like budget deficits, was breaking out all over when President Barack Obama named...
Stimulus: More Spending or More Tax Cuts?
Should the stimulus bill be amended to place more emphasis on spending, or should...
Obama: Capitalist “Risk-Taking” Created Recession
President Barack Obama blamed the current economic recession on “a binge of risk taking”...
Gaza Cease-fire Continues to Break
For the second time in two days, the cease-fire between the Hamas Palestinian terrorist...