Politics

I say no, he needs to get all of this out in the open and behind us.  But the Conservative Wall Street Journal's Jerry Seib makes a compelling argument that he should, using Jerry Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon as a reason.  Take a look. …

Former President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, and former U.S. Secretary of State, George Shultz, reflect on the events surrounding the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Marshall Auerback here. I do not like the Geithner Plan because it is needlessly expensive. Nevertheless, it could well work. My main objection is that it constitutes the most regressive transfer of wealth in history and it's being done…

Barack Obama's presidency will likely be decided by one single issue - his ability to deal with this financial crisis. With the release of his Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's Public Private Partnership Investment Program two months into…

If you have noticed, Pakistan is in a real state of crisis right now. Given the fact that this country is both unstable and possesses nuclear weapons courtesy of A. Q. Khan, it stands to reason that everyone should be interested. The fact…

As understandable as the Congressional response to the AIG bonuses was, the reality is that this does create a number of disturbing precedents. We have a stupid Congress mindlessly lashing out to compensate for its own complicity in…

The foreign policy challenges facing the new Obama Administration have mounted significantly in recent days. On the back of civil unrest and trade sanctions in Mexico, a destabilizing power struggle in Pakistan, the latest news to hit in…

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi examines the stimulus bill, healthcare reform, and human rights around the world with Charlie Rose.

Last summer, as a number of sinister revelations were made about the goings-on in the financial services sector, I speculated that we would definitely see the government going after individual executives for illegal activities. I saw…

A video from Saturday Night Live.