Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Central Banks Must Cut Rates Today
Central Banks Must Cut Rates Today
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 06:36 AM CST
There's a global stock market tsunami gathering force. It may hit US shores very hard this morning. Much of this is panic over a US recession threat that has yet to clearly materialize. The world...
The Case for Rudy Giuliani
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 12:41 AM CST
To the extent that I understand how most Republicans think, it would seem that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani comes closer to the Republican ideal than any of the other viable Republican...
The Coming Test for McCain's Soul
The Coming Test for McCain's Soul
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 12:35 AM CST
WASHINGTON -- John McCain is feared by Democrats and liked by independents. That, paradoxically, is why he may yet be rejected by Republicans, even though he has bent over backward to satisfy...
Obama vs. the Clinton Legacy
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 12:30 AM CST
WASHINGTON -- Six months ago, Bill Clinton seemed to be settling comfortably into roles befitting a silver-maned former president: statesman, philanthropist, philosopher-king. Now he has put all that...
Dangerous Demagoguery
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 12:20 AM CST
Most of the horrors of the 20th century -- of which there were many -- would not have been possible without demagoguery or misleading propaganda. Most people have too much of a sense of...
Blue Dogs Sniff at Fiscal Stimulus
Blue Dogs Sniff at Fiscal Stimulus
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 12:20 AM CST
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- You've seen the hound who sits out front and emits a low growl when people walk by. He's saying, "You can pass, but don't try any funny stuff." The Blue Dog...
Feel-Good Remedy Can't Cure Economy
Feel-Good Remedy Can't Cure Economy
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 12:20 AM CST
WASHINGTON -- Whatever concoction President Bush and the Democratic-led Congress now cook up to minister to the ailing economy is likely to have a chicken-soup effect. Many people will feel better,...
Exhuming Hillarycare
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 12:15 AM CST
In the 1990s, Judicial Watch, an organization that seeks to hold Democrats and Republicans accountable to the law, pursued members of the Clinton administration. The organization's founder, Larry...
The Celebrity Industrial Complex
The Celebrity Industrial Complex
Posted: 22 Jan 2008 12:10 AM CST
The most useful magazine journalism of the (still) new year comes to us not from the usual sources -- Newsweek, Time, etc. -- but from Portfolio, a business publication. It has enumerated the vast...