Obama
ACLU sues Obama to stop U.S. hit lists
September 1, 2010President Obama, CIA chief Leon Panetta and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Read moreNot so simple
August 24, 2010White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs may be guilty of overstatement, but smart people will cull the grain of truth from his remarks.
Read moreRecord jobless numbers trigger new alarm
August 20, 2010Despite economic forecasts to the contrary jobless claims rose last week by 12,000 to 500,000, the third straight weekly increase and the first time in nine months that they hit the half-million mark.
Read more‘New’ GOP proposals smell like old ideas
August 19, 2010Responding to criticism that they have no plan to pull the country out of economic crisis, Republicans have begun rolling out a variety of 'new' plans.
Read moreThe rich are dying to avoid paying taxes
August 19, 2010I recently read with dismay a Wall Street Journal article about the return of the estate tax.
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