The New Yorker's James Surowiecki sat down with House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank and talked financial regulation, health care ...
Norm Stamper | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
How long will it be before one of those pistol-packing town-hallers, driven to the brink by publicly aired hate-talk, pulls his gun, and then its trigger?
Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
Even with right and reason on their side; even with a filibuster-proof majority on their side, the Democrats have again found a way to lay down and cower.
Posted 09.28.2009 | Business
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, told a Massachusetts audience at a recent town hall that the House wi...
Michael Wolff | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics
While it's the right wing that now seems to have a penchant for seeing Nazi ghosts, the left has often been just as guilty.
Shawna Vercher | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics
Now we have a choice. Does health care reform pass away as legend and a political footnote?
Howie Klein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics
If you haven't said thanks yet, I'd recommend today would be a good day to think about Maxine Waters, Jerry Nadler, Donna Edwards, Barney Frank, and any of the other members you've heard speaking out forcefully about the public option.
Chris Weigant | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics
Ted Kennedy is putting both his legacy and his sense of entitlement to his office before the interests of his constituents.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.21.2009 | Comedy
Roger Ailes, chairman of the new combined network known as SciFox, said that it would roll out a slate of new shows in the fall, including Bill O'Reilly's "Galactica Factor."
Huffington Post | David Stemler & Alex Leo | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy
By now most of you have seen the video of Barney Frank schooling a woman at a Dartmouth, MA health care town hall who asked him why he is "supporting ...
Julie Farby | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics
Barney Frank doesn't like being interrupted. And he certainly doesn't like having his town hall discussion disrupted by a seemingly normal looking woman who's actually bat crazy.
Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 09.20.2009 | Comedy
By now we have all seen the signs, heard the shouts, watched the footage of protesters calling Obama a nazi for trying to reform health care. And, unt...
Chip Berlet | Posted 09.19.2009 | Home
When a woman castigating Barney Frank held up a sign comparing President Obama to Hitler, Frank did the right thing, asking: "On what planet do you spend most of your time?"
Huffington Post | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media
Rush Limbaugh has made what appears to be a joke mocking Barney Frank's sexuality in response to Frank's tough stance with a town hall protester Tuesd...
Bill Shireman | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
We need a third political movement in this country -- not today's ideological right or left, who pander to idiots, but a group of radical centrists who step past their initial ignorance, fear, and prejudice, and actually think through solutions to our problems, borrowing ideas from all sides.
Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
At a Barney Frank town hall meeting in Dartmouth, MA, a constituent asks, "Why are you supporting this Nazi policy?" Frank responds: "On what planet ...
Jerry Chautin | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business
At what point does heavy-handed government cross the line? Should homeowners suffer the consequences of their imprudent decisions to buy houses they could not afford?
Posted 09.07.2009 | Business
Oh, how wrong they were. If there's one overarching truth of the financial crisis, it's that the world's most powerful business leaders, investors and...
Reuters | Patrick Rucker and Kevin Drawbaugh | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. bank regulators will speak out on Tuesday against some key elements of the Obama administration's plan to reshape fina...
Gerald McEntee | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics
A key step to fixing our economy is making sure that the interests of shareholders and stakeholders are considered in corporate board rooms.
David Fiderer | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics
Robert Feinberg is the "whistleblower" who accuses Chris Dodd of receiving "sweetheart deals" on his home mortgage. His statements and stolen company documents represent the only direct evident in Rep. Issa's misleading report.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — A senior House Democrat threatened banks Wednesday that if they don't volunteer to save more homeowners from foreclosure, Congress ...
Rep. Barney Frank | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics
We will prove that the best thing you can do for capitalism is to have rules that give investors the confidence to get back into the system, that protect the great majority of decent people from abuses.
AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — A House panel voted Tuesday to prohibit large financial firms from offering corporate pay packages that encourage executives to tak...
The Hill | Michael O'Brien | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business
Corporate chieftains worried about Congress's impending regulation of executive pay should remember: Most Americans don't get bonuses....
Posted 10.18.2009 | Business