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Can't Get There From Here

The Obama administration has made its first serious misstep. No, it wasn't the wooing of ingrate Republicans, or the dining with clueless reactionary pundits. It is much more significant. Faced with the failure of Paulson—Bernanke banking bailout, the Obama...

Bank On It No More

What will the Obama administration do with the banks that are now on life support? Pump in more taxpayers' money to keep the zombies alive? Radical surgery? Pull the plug? The decision - with new announcements rumored for next week — is critical to any recovery plan....

Obama's Summons

"A man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath." It was not the words, but this transcendent reality that evoked the tears at Barack Obama's inauguration Tuesday. The...

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