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Just How Corrupt are the Bank Regulators?

Garrett Johnson | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Garrett Johnson

Can we really expect the FDIC to effectively regulate the banks that have loaned them money so that they can do their job?

Cloture Passes On Cass Sunstein, 63-35

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


On a 63-35 vote, the Senate has broken the filibuster against Cass Sunstein, President Obama's nominee for Administrator of the White House Office of ...

Cass Sunstein Attacks Frustrate Conservative Fans

Washington Independent | David Weigel | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


...The campaign against Sunstein has largely written itself. One of the most regularly cited legal scholars, the author, co-author, or editor of dozen...

Putting a Hold on Compassion

Michael Markarian | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


Michael Markarian

Politicians should consider a compassionate concern for animals to be a personal and even political asset for candidates for major executive offices.

Sunstein's Past Record Of Lax Regulation

Think Progress | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics


How would progressives respond if President Bush nominated as "regulatory czar" a person who: - Once called for changing the Clean Air Act to require...

Obama Picks Renowned Chicago Legal Scholar As Chief Regulator

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: ...