Commercial Real Estate Is an Impending Disaster
Many of us know of people who have lost their homes through foreclosure. To a lesser extent we hear about struggling commercial properties vying for a limited pool of tenants.
Many of us know of people who have lost their homes through foreclosure. To a lesser extent we hear about struggling commercial properties vying for a limited pool of tenants.
Brian Ross | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics
House and Senate Republicans are doing Obama a huge favor. Congress is setting up places for the Stimulus Luau, and though it pains me to say it, our folks are doing making pork the main course.
Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
Gregg's record of previously voting to abolish the Commerce Department and his attempts to block President Clinton's efforts to secure adequate funding for the 2000 census raise troubling concerns.
US News & World Report | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs generally arrives at his spacious but unadorned office in the West Wing (he hasn't had time to decorate yet) ...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — On Attorney General Eric Holder's first day on the job, he signaled a clean break with past policies of the Bush administration and...
Bill Press | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
Judd Gregg apparently demanded a Republican Senate appointment in return for a Cabinet post. That's just as bad as Blagojevich.
AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to nominate Sen. Judd Gregg as commerce secretary on Tuesday, the White House confirmed on the eve of ...
The Plum Line | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics
Conservative bloggers have managed to create a big stink over this Politico story reporting that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel privately tal...
Raw Story | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling on the Justice Department to release Bush administration documentation pertaining to torture, sur...
Max Stier | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
He is not just saying we need to improve government operations. He's saying we need to put this issue front and center and then he is taking real action.
Talking Points Memo | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
The Bush administration's participation in the personnel tactic known as "burrowing" has been well-reported in recent weeks. The practice isn't unique...
Wall Street Journal | Posted 02.23.2009 | Politics
The Obama administration has appointed an infectious disease and disaster preparedness expert as acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Contr...
Ralph Dittman | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
Obama guaranteed he would ensure that all research on stem cells is conducted "ethically and with rigorous oversight." Now, how does he implement this change in stem cell policy?
Chicago Sun Times | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama will be able to do things at "warp speed that no other president has been able to do in a long time," John Podesta, the c...
Los Angeles Times | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics
As Barack Obama builds his administration and prepares to take office next week, his political team is quietly planning for a nationwide hiring binge ...
New York Times | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama will be keeping another holdover from the Bush administration on his national security team -- Lt. Gen. Douglas E. Lute, ...
AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Senior officials in the Bush administration and members of President-elect Barack Obama's staff teamed up at the White House Tuesda...
Bill Nye | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
President-elect Obama, in contrast with his predecessor, is fundamentally in favor of science. This is the best news possible, not just for niche workers like me, but for everyone.
Chicago Tribune | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Cass Sunstein, a longtime University of Chicago legal scholar and prominent author, is set to take up a key cause in the Barack Obama administration: ...
Bob Burnett | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics
It seems illogical to tackle some of the roots of inequality -- education and discrimination -- without taking on the central economic issue: wages.
Donald Steinberg | Posted 05.07.2009 | World
Cluster munitions are particularly evil weapons. On falling to the ground, these bombs and shells separate into dozens of small bomblets, exploding on the enemy and civilians.
New York Times | Helene Cooper | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
The day before Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s birthday last week, Barack Obama surprised him after lunch with candlelighted cupcakes. Within hours, the photogr...
Morgan Warners | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
In college we learn to be skeptical of claims like the ones being made about Barack Obama's historic victory. For today, forget it. His win really doe...
Bloomberg News | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home
Barack Obama won't have time to catch his breath. Having won the longest election in U.S. history, toppling two formidable rivals and succeeding in h...
Johann Hari | Posted 12.03.2008 | Politics
We can already map out the four tectonic shifts rumbling beneath this election. They all began before Obama -- but his cool stride has brought them into history sooner than many of us thought possible.
Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business