by Terrance Heath | Oct 19, 2009 | Blog
I saw this on Friday, but didn't get around to writing something about it until today. Since then, of course, many other bloggers have covered it by now. But when a Democrat says something like what Sen. Mary Landrieu did on health care reform, I can't help chiming in...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2009 | Blog
Here is some news for you: Fed Chief Cites Trade Imbalances’ Role in Crisis, Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said on Monday that global trade imbalances played a central role in the global economic crisis and warned that both the United States...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
A few weeks ago, in a case involving a tire import surge President Obama enforced our trade agreement with China. The agreement spelled out that a disruptive surge in imports would be remedied by imposing a tariff, which is what the President did. Of course he was...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 19, 2009 | Blog
Commentators, including our own Sara Robinson and author Neal Gabler, have observed a resurgent brand of conservatism that has taken on the characteristics of religious zealotry. It is a brand of conservatism that cannot be negotiated with because its adherents see...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 19, 2009 | Blog
Can excess on Wall Street ever be ended? Maybe. Some lawmakers in France have a plan that could end it. America’s biggest banks, amid the shakiest economic times since the 1930s, last week announced record profits — and deposited record billions into bonus...
