The pundits predicted that the BP oil spill in the Gulf, which turned into the greatest environmental catastrophe in American history, would doom Obama’s chances for a second term. Once again, they underestimated him...
A new claim about job creation appears to be bubbling up through the Democratic ranks. Here is the clearest statement of that claim, from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) on Stuart Varney’s show...
Education Next’s Paul Peterson and Chester E. Finn, Jr. talk this week (June 8) about the belt-tightening that will hopefully take place if the $23 billion edujobs bill dies in Congress...
by Kori Schakevia National Journal Expert Blog: National Security
Monday, June 7, 2010
Imagine the circumstances reversed: what would Turkey do if Israelis supportive of the PKK set out to break Turkey's ability to prevent weapons being shipped to that terrorist organization...?
Never mind real estate or consumer spending: The expansion of the mobile Internet or an oil spike-led boost in green energy spending may juice economic growth..
Two powerful Silicon Valley businesswomen won Republican nominations for California governor and the U.S. Senate on Tuesday after capitalizing on their business acumen -- and their personal fortunes...
Monetary and fiscal policies in the United States, both in this recession and the recession of 2001, have been among the most accommodating in the industrial world...
It was a stimulus as big as a war, $862 billion, more than has been spent on the U.S. intervention in Iraq, and what are we getting for this package enacted by Congress 15 months ago...?
One of the political mysteries of the last year is why the White House and Congress have not been even more aggressive about trying to put people back to work...
