The department's conclusion, laid out in a recently disclosed five-page memorandum from David Barron, the acting assistant attorney general for the Of...
Posted 11.27.2009 | Business
In a little-noticed blog post published on the White House website in September, President Obama's special counsel for ethics and government reform No...
BusinessWeek | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics
The Obama Administration's huge ramp-up in spending has given rise to a national debate over the size and role of government. It has provoked fears th...
Steven Pearlstein | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business
Fairly or unfairly, the official who has come to personify this let-them-eat-stuffing attitude is Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who can't seem to d...
Don McNay | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business
Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.
Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business
The New York Post reported this morning that lawmakers are discussing JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon as a potential replacement for current Treasury S...
Jerry Cope | Posted 11.25.2009 | Green
President Obama must do more than merely acknowledge the science; his administration must ensure that a legally binding agreement to reduce carbon emissions is reached in Copenhagen.
Jerry Chautin | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics
Turkey, cranberry sauce, and a side of health care debate is dominating Thanksgiving tables this year. The debate gets more heated when some worry that their situation will be adversely affected.
Patrick Takahashi | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business
The American debt as a percentage of GDP is at around 100%, which is expected to edge up to 101% in 2011, then begin to drop. However, Japan's debt as a percentage of GDP will go to 230%!
New York Times | James Warren | Posted 11.22.2009 | Chicago
This is a Manhattan-bred, University of Chicago-educated Everyman who would look rumpled in a Hugo Boss suit and still loves Manny's deli on the Near ...
Dan Glickman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics
The selection of Dr. Rajiv Shah to lead USAID is a tremendous choice that underscores the Obama Administration's commitment to the vital role development plays in foreign policy and to the rebuilding of this vital agency.
Trip Van Noppen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green
In the Arctic waters surrounding Alaska, George W. Bush is still president, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has the chance to inaugurate a new regime.
Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
Sarah Palin seems to think that Israel should expand as much as it wants, with no regard whatsoever for the Palestinian people.
Tamar Abrams | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
While the president has made some strides toward curbing waste, fraud and abuse in Pentagon contracting, he has yet to change the crucial balance between military and non-military security spending.
Grist | Joseph Romm | Posted 11.17.2009 | Green
In her upcoming book Going Rogue: An American Life, Sarah Palin made a slew of false charges concerning clean energy legislation....
Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Economic Club of New York, New York, New York November 16, 2009 On the Outlook for the Economy an...
AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON – More than 15 million taxpayers may owe the government $250 or more because of how the IRS last spring set up President Barack Obama...
bloomberg.com | Susan Antilla | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
In the 14 years I've written columns for Bloomberg News, I've had plenty of feedback from investors who said they lost money at the hands of corrupt b...
Alison van Diggelen | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
In an exclusive interview about President Obama's recently announced White House Job Summit, Paul Krugman was forceful in his view that "the jobs summit cannot be an empty exercise."
AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has alerted domestic agencies to plan for a freeze or even a 5 percent cut in their budgets, part of an el...
Rep. Darrell Issa | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
Congress and the administration are addicted to using the taxpayers to prop up the flailing housing market without proper oversight. It is precisely this negligent behavior that got us into this mess.
thenation.com | William Greider | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business
The Obama administration promised to reform the financial system and make it safe for the rest of us, but recent Congressional action is more likely t...
AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics
TOKYO — The White House's top lawyer is returning to private practice and being replaced by a longtime adviser to Barack Obama. White House cou...
Credit Writedowns | Edward Harrison | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business
David Rosenberg thinks the unemployment rate is headed much higher than anyone anticipates. If you recall, back in January when the stimulus package ...
Thomas Frank | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business
Currently, oversight is dispersed among numerous confusing bodies that at times have seemed to be racing each other to the bottom. Setting up One Big Regulator would end that problem.
NYT | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics