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To Govern or to Campaign

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

Obama can't perpetuate four more years of the fraud of "free trade." He can't spend trillions for bail outs to create jobs and not plug the hole of offshoring jobs.

American Schools Need Common Standards

Jim Rex | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics


Jim Rex

The No Child Left Behind Act allows each state to define for itself what "academically proficient" means, thus dramatic differences appear from one state to the next.

"'Crime Once Exposed Has no Refuge but in Audacity." -Tacitus

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.19.2009 | World


Iris Erlingsdottir

Although there has been much energy expended imagining the conspiracies that led to Iceland's rapid rise and fall, the architects of this catastrophe were just ordinary people acting in their best interests.

Global Markets Get Hammered As US Recession Reality Sinks In

AFP | Posted 01.01.2009 | Business


A fresh wave of selling hit global stock markets Monday as weak economic news from around the world and confirmation of a US recession prompted a mass...

Asia Markets Plummet, Global Markets Brace For Big Selloff

CNBC | Posted 10.30.2008 | Business


Global stock markets braced for a sharp declines on Tuesday, with Asian markets opening sharply lower, after the House's rejection of a $700 billion f...

Distract and Detract: Team McCain Follows Form In Crisis

William Bradley | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media


William Bradley

In a political crisis, Team McCain moves to change the subject and stay away from what may be unfriendly issues and instead switches back to a negative focus on Obama's personality and image.

Poor Countries Blame Western Biofuels For High Food Prices

Posted 04.23.2008 | Business


Western countries are feeling political and moral heat from poor countries over their use of biofuels. The New York Times reports: The idea of turn...

World Markets Mixed on Presidents Day

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


LONDON — European stocks rocks rose Monday on speculation about possible new investment in the banking sector even as U.S. markets remain closed...

Markets Enter Second Week Of Global Turmoil

AP | TOBY ANDERSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


LONDON — Global market turmoil extended into a second week as European and Asian markets tumbled Monday in the wake of Wall Street's drop on Fri...

Congress Seeking New Stimulus Package To Jolt Slumping Economy

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — House Democratic and Republican leaders appeared close to agreement with the White House Wednesday night on a significantly reworke...

White House Works To Resurrect Economy

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Jolted by global recession fears, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates Tuesday, and President Bush and leaders of Congress jo...

Stocks Dive, Then Rebound After Fed Cut

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — The opening bell hadn't even sounded on Wall Street when the Federal Reserve announced an emergency interest-rate cut. The Dow Jones ...

Fed Slices Key Interest Rate After Global Market Slide

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


The Federal Reserve cut a key U.S. interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point this morning, responding to a broad global sell-off of stocks...

US Moves to Avert Economic Meltdown

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Jolted by global recession fears, the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates Tuesday, and President Bush and leaders of Congress jo...

Asia Markets Tumble on US Worries

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


TOKYO — Global stock markets extended their shakeout into a second day Tuesday, plunging amid worries that a possible U.S. recession will cause ...