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Did the Fed Just Cause Asia’s Next Bubble?
Hong Kong - Asian central bankers see a ghost from the past in the U.S. Federal Reserve’s plan to pump $600 billion into the banking system. To them it's …
Oscar Grant Supporters Cry Foul Following Verdict of Johannes Mehserle
Former cop Johannes Mehserle was sentenced Friday to two years in jail for the death of Oscar Grant – much less than he would have incurred had the judge …
$69.3 Million Afghan-Contracting Fine May be a Record
Washington - A nearly $70 million fine announced Friday against one of the U.S. government's largest Afghanistan contractors is an apparent record war-zone settlement, and it grew from a …
Karl Rove: “Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson Are Fair Game“
Former CIA Officer Valerie Plame & Former US Ambassador Joe Wilson—wife and husband—came by Brave New Studios to talk about their new film, Fair Game, a biography picture, at …
Obama in India: What to Look For
New Delhi, India - U.S. President Barack Obama arrives in India on Saturday with a difficult mission.
Rick Perry Proposes Letting States Opt Out of Social Security
Appearing on CNN’s Parker/Spitzer this past week, occasionally secessionist Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) proposed allowing states to opt-out of Social Security: “Here’s what I think would be a …
ForeclosureGate Could Force Bank Nationalization
For two years, politicians have danced around the nationalization issue, but ForeclosureGate may be the last straw. The megabanks are too big to fail, but they aren't too big …
E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Pelosi: Why She Wants to Stay
Washington - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calmly assessing the political cyclone that routed her Democratic majority and will, at least temporarily, force her to vacate one of the …
Wallowing in Bloody Destruction
In this illustration, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Reps. John Boehner and Eric Cantor are standing in the bloody human, economic and social destruction their party caused during the …
Another Hard November
I am beginning to loathe November. Every second year, we as a nation endure the paroxysm of election, and every second year seems to be more demented than the …