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Parallels With the Great Depression

What began early last year as a "credit crunch" and an "economic downturn" is now being characterized as a "long, severe recession." Once...

Steven J. DuBord February 4, 2009

This Year: $2 Trillion Budget Deficit?

Thomas R. Eddlem February 4, 2009

“Easily in fiscal year 2009 it’s not out of the realm of possibility to have a $2 trillion deficit,” Mary Ann Hurley, vice...

Assignment: Make the Constitution “Live”

Kurt Williamsen February 4, 2009

"Mister Welter! Mister Welter!" Brooke Forrest yelled down the hallway of Oprah's School for Relativistic Females and All Males Who Dress or Feel...

Judd Gregg and Bipartisanship

Jack Kenny February 3, 2009

Bipartisanship, like budget deficits, was breaking out all over when President Barack Obama named U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) as his choice for...

Stimulus: More Spending or More Tax Cuts?

Gary Benoit February 3, 2009

Should the stimulus bill be amended to place more emphasis on spending, or should it instead be amended to place more emphasis on...

Obama: Capitalist “Risk-Taking” Created Recession

Thomas R. Eddlem February 3, 2009

President Barack Obama blamed the current economic recession on “a binge of risk taking” by bankers in a Today Show interview that aired...

Gaza Cease-fire Continues to Break

February 2, 2009

For the second time in two days, the cease-fire between the Hamas Palestinian terrorist faction that controls Gaza and neighboring Israel was broken...

The Heartland Institute’s Climate-change Conference

Gary Benoit February 2, 2009

The Second International Conference on Climate Change sponsored by the Heartland Institute of Chicago will be held March 8-10 at the Marriott Marquis...

President Obama’s Militant Muslim Connections

William F. Jasper February 2, 2009

President Barack Obama's inaugural committee billed his January 20 National Prayer Service at the National Cathedral as a celebration of America's "diversity of...

Economics and Common Sense

Gary Benoit February 2, 2009

Common sense tells us that government cannot resuscitate the American economy and restore it to good health by spending more money and going...

“Torture Memo” Author Attacks Torture Ban

Thomas R. Eddlem January 31, 2009

Former Justice Department lawyer John Yoo castigated President Obama’s decision to ban torture and close Guantanamo in a January 29 Wall Street Journal...

Globalization Talk at Davos

Thomas R. Eddlem January 31, 2009

German Prime Minister Angela Merkel proposed a new “global financial architecture” at the Davos World Economic Forum on January 30. But press coverage...