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Too Soon To Tell? Judging A President's Progress

The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books


The New York Review of Books Huffington Post: At the anniversary of the election of Barack Obama, we're taking a close look at how he's done and what...

100 Days of Obama and the Global Economy

Blythe McGarvie | Posted 05.30.2009 | World


Blythe McGarvie

"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it" as Amerian George Santayana wrote. One of the best ways to understand Obama's first 100...

Fear Recedes

James Berman | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business


James Berman

Common knowledge doesn't influence markets, only true surprises do.

Jack Valenti: FBI Investigated Top LBJ Aide's Sexuality

Washington Post | Joe Stephens | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


When Beltway insider Jack Valenti died two years ago at age 85, he was playing the role of intermediary between Washington and Hollywood as the theatr...

Is the U.S a Banana Republic?

Michael Pento | Posted 01.30.2009 | Politics


Michael Pento

The two hallmarks of a banana republic are very high rates of inflation coupled with substantial government controls over the economy, which lead to high rates of unemployment and poverty.

The Man Who Changed the World?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home


Deepak Chopra

Wanting to change the world is different from having to. The latter is what's expected of Barack Obama if he's elected. The huge crowds he keeps att...

J Edgar Hoover Planned Mass Jailings, Suspension Of Habeus Corpus

New York Times | Tim Weiner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


A newly declassified document shows that J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a plan to suspend habeas c...