We heard very little during the campaign about what has succeeded at enabling hardworking families with average or below-average incomes to afford a home.
Sen. Reid's new bailout bill for the Detroit Three does not set additional fuel-economy requirements, nor does it establish a government oversight board. That's two strikes against getting our money's worth.
The true root cause of the financial crisis starts with the continued defaults on mortgages that magnify and snowball throughout the entire financial system.
The debt rose as high as 120% of GNP during the New Deal. And, furthermore, that led to the most prosperous two decades in US history.
The financial balance of power is shifting. China, Brazil, even Japan can all claim more sound economies than the United States. They expect a voice, and they are not asking permission.
If we are to believe this story taxpayers were forced to give away hundreds of billions of dollars to banks that actually weren't experiencing nearly the credit crisis they and our government officials claimed.
This past weekend's summit of world leaders in Washington represents another step in the painful process of fixing today's financial crisis.
An item appeared on a New York Times blog that makes me understand why Mr. Cuban seems to be throwing caution to the wind and making an accusation of federal misconduct.
The management of GM doesn't deserve to be bailed out, and it's not clear to me that a bailout would work -- certainly not as long as the company continues its "change as slowly as possible" pace.
If Cuban weren't already out of the running to purchase the Cubs before, he sure is now. The SEC action will overshadow any Cuban-charged effort to buy the team.
The Wall Street Journal is needlessly creating fear among Americans rightly worried about their retirement security by misrepresenting my efforts to strengthen workers' retirement savings.
What a boon it would be to have a renaissance of our historic "Detroit Arsenal," with our government and the automobile industry working together once again on a program critical to the nation's well-being.
We haven't all ripped up our debit cards and moved to the woods to forage on berries -- I decided to ask around my neighborhood grocery stores about how business was going.
