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Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

Weekend Watchdog Wrapup

Well, it looks like another 0-for-3 weekend for the watchdog, as most of the questions focused less on the economy and more on the presidential race and campaign tactics. Michigan Governor Jennifer Granhlom — who stood in for Republican vice presidential...

Weekend Watchdog

It's been a nail-biter of a week, as the nation's attention rocketed between the bailout wranglings on the Hill (Will there or won't there be a bailout package? There is.) and the vice presidential debate (How will the candidates do? Both survived.). But the real...

Mad Money

I have a confession to make. I've been trying to grasp the national global economic situation. I even constructed a (popular and recently updated) timeline. But I didn't feel I could make any sense of it, Because, no matter how many times I've had it explained to me,...

Meltdown Timeline, Updated

Yikes! I realized that the Meltdown 2008 timeline needed updating, with all that's gone on this week. And when I logged in to add new events I discovered my timeline was featured on the front page, among the "Trending Topics - Making a Splash"! (The screenshot below...

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