government

This is a quote from the populist American politician William Jennings Bryan, a Democrat famous at the beginning of the last century."There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you just legislate to make the…

If you are in need a little comic relief, I have the answer: Jon Stewart. He is my distraction of the day. Stewart has a great segment from last night on election gaffes. The part where Al Gore gives Tipper a big wet kiss is a classic.…

I am hearing of heavy early voting in the U.S. presidential election. In particular, I have heard stories of heavy voting in Georgia, Colorado, Florida and North Carolina. Apparently, Colorado's exit polls show an enormous 20%+ advantage…

Recently, the U.S. Treasury forced government capital injections onto nine U.S. financial institutions (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Citigroup, Wachovia, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley). While…

As the economy has faltered, George W. Bush's approval numbers have plummeted. All of this has occurred despite Americans' belief that the strategy in Iraq is bearing fruit. And last year, Iraq was a central issue for most voting…

Talking about how he will fare against Barack Obama in the upcoming third and last U.S. Presidential Debate, John McCain said:"We're going to spend a lot of time and after I whip his you-know-what in this debate, we're going to be going…

Every U.S. Presidential election has a defining moment in the Presidential debates. I think we saw this election's moment last night. Throughout last night's debate, it was obvious that John McCain had a sense of disdain for Obama he…

In the Vice-Presidential debate, Sarah Palin, in one of her few unscripted moments, gave wholehearted support for Dick Cheney's dangerous expansion of Vice Presidential power. Joe Biden vigourosly disagreed, calling Cheney "the most…

EU governments have woken up to the need to defend the banking system by guaranteeing all or some of their citizens' bank deposits. After Germany, Ireland and Greece, Denmark is the latest to do so. And Denmark may also be the one country…

Facing a potential breakdown in its banking system, the German government has decided to offer a blanket guarantee to private savings deposits (see comments below from German blogger egghat about this distinction), much as Ireland and…