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Keystone XL Protesters Up Against Faded Interest in US Climate Effort
Washington - Close to noon Tuesday, frustrated tourist Ron Higgins of Los Angeles tries to maneuver a classic, dead-on shot of the north side of the White House with …
Ending Wars on Time Would Save $200 Billion, One-Sixth of Debt Reduction Goal
By Thanksgiving, the Congressional "Super Committee" is supposed to come up with $1.2 trillion in debt reduction over the next ten years. The Super Committee can include anything it …
TV Networks “Monetize” Politics
Already the 2012 projections are in – not for who is going to win the election – but for how much it is likely to cost. Public …
Fed’s $1.2 Trillion in Financial Sector Loans “A Classic Case of Moral Hazard“
During the 2008 financial crisis, when the nation's banking system seemed on the verge of collapse, President George W. Bush authorized a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry. …
FEMA During Hurricane Katrina and Beyond
FEMA USAR teams go out in boats to help rescue residents stranded due to flooding from Hurricane Katrina, August 31st, 2005. (Photo: Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA) Leo Bosner was …
Make It in America: How We Can Bring Manufacturing Back (No, Really)
In this highly polarized country, one idea about fixing America's economic woes reverberates across ideological, partisan, geographic and class lines: "Let's make things in America again." And …
“No Man Is an Island”: Reflections From Norway
Social Pathology
Measuring Executive Pay – and Responsibility
When Nintendo slashed the price of its 6-month-old 3-D game device by nearly a third (to $169.99) a few weeks ago, company President Satoru Iwata voluntarily took a 50% …
Revealed: Former Goldman Sachs VP Turned Issa Staffer Supervised Scheduling of Elizabeth Warren Incident
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) became infamous overnight for berating Elizabeth Warren and accusing her of lying about her scheduling with the committee. (Photo: republicanconference)
Time for Jubilee
If we’re truly looking for paths toward managing debt and promoting economic stimulus — which is about stimulating optimism as much as anything else — then we ought to …