by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog, Economy
A federal program of direct job funding, even at a time when unemployment is expected to exceed 10 percent for the next several months, is the third rail of any discussion about reducing unemployment. But to say that the government should not, to borrow a phrase from...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog
Today is World AIDS Day, and while I'd like to write something about it, I can't come up with anything better than a post I wrote a few years ago. That's because so much has changed since then, for better and for worse. The numbers are more encouraging now than they...
by Steven Capozzola | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog
Recently, China has dumped a flood of subsidized OCTG (Oil Country Tubular Goods) steel pipe into the U.S. market. Known as OCTG pipe because it is used for the extraction of oil and gas, this pipe has flooded the U.S. market and, from 2006 to 2008 alone, the volume...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog, Economy
In September, President Obama Enforces Trade Law In China Tire Case! President Obama signaled a new direction in America's trade policies by deciding to enforce the ITC's recommendation to impose tariffs on Chinese tire imports. In November, Findlay's Cooper Tire will...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog
In the states represented by the four senators in the Democratic caucus who are threatening progress on health care reform, there are almost 2 million people without health insurance, according to state-by-state health care reform impact reports released by the...
by Terrance Heath | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog
I know this seems like low hanging fruit. But Sarah Palin is back, and along with her mindless blather has returned the chorus of "do not under estimate Palin" and/or "Sarah must be taken seriously." Seriously? We're supposed to take seriously someone who just days...
