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January 12, 2011
Perps in the White House
While it is widely recognized that the banking meltdown has left enormous economic pain and political upheaval in its wake, it is amazing that the folks who created this mess are rewarded with ever more important positions in our government.
January 13, 2011 WikiLeaks Exposes the Danger of Pakistan's Nukes
January 13, 2011 President Obama: 'Our Hearts Are Broken'
January 4, 2011
Lanny Davis Puts Dems to Shame
The value of the Davis example, as with the parade of Wall Street hustlers so prominent among the Clintonistas, is that his greed has broken his cover.
January 4, 2011 Wrong Again, Sen. Graham
December 30, 2010 Pakistani Disappearances: C'mon Guys
December 28, 2010
In Money-Changers We Trust
Two years into the Obama presidency and the economic data is still looking grim. Don't be fooled by the gyrations of the stock market, where optimism is mostly a reflection of the ability of financial corporations—thanks to massive government largesse—to survive the mess they created.
December 27, 2010 Americans Admire Glenn Beck More Than the Dalai Lama
December 15, 2010 Return of the Great Triangulator
December 22, 2010
Speaking Ill of 'the Best and the Brightest'
One of "the best and the brightest" died last week, and in Richard Holbrooke we had a perfect example of the dark mischief to which David Halberstam referred when he authored that ironic label.
December 22, 2010 Don't Ask: Not Quite Fa La La Just Yet
December 21, 2010 The B-Plus President
December 15, 2010
Return of the Great Triangulator
The sight of Bill Clinton back at the White House podium defending tax cuts for the super-rich was more a sick joke than a serious amplification of economic policy.
December 15, 2010 U.S. Sues BP, Transocean for Damages 'Without Limitation'
December 14, 2010 Weeper of the House
December 7, 2010
From Jefferson to Assange
It is outrageous for any journalist, or respecter of what every American president has claimed is our inalienable, God-given right to a free press, not to join in Assange's defense.
December 7, 2010 Gates: Assange's Arrest Is 'Good News'
December 6, 2010 WikiLeaks Exposes Secrecy Abuse
November 30, 2010
Hillary Gets Wiki-Served
Hillary Clinton should cut out the whining about what the Obama administration derides as "stolen cables" and confront the unpleasant truths they reveal about the contradictions of U.S. foreign policy and her own troubling performance.
November 30, 2010 WikiLeaks and the End of U.S. 'Diplomacy'
November 30, 2010 Tough Times for Superpowers
November 24, 2010
Fail and Grow Rich on Wall Street
Welcome to the brave new world of post-bailout capitalism. The Commerce Department announced Tuesday that corporate profits are at their highest level in U.S. history, and the Fed released minutes of an early November meeting in which officials predicted a stagnant economy and continued high unemployment.
November 23, 2010 A Childish Tantrum Over TSA Rules
November 22, 2010 Thanksgiving for Nothing
November 17, 2010
The Man Who Shattered Our Economy
Rejoice, the housing market is back. Sandy Weill just picked up a humdinger of a wine vineyard estate in Sonoma, Calif., for a record $31 million, so the foreclosure crisis must be over.
November 15, 2010 California Is Sick
November 15, 2010 Dollar vs. China
November 9, 2010
The Life and Times of Bush the Clueless
The Harvard MBA is the degree that George W. Bush and his last treasury secretary, Henry Paulson, had in common, and their shared ignorance as they presided over the collapse of the U.S. economy is on full display in the former president's newly published memoir.
November 8, 2010 Wanted: Mojo All Around
November 8, 2010 A Recipe for Fascism
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