On Tuesday the market celebrated the profits of Wal-Mart (WMT) and Home Depot (HD). Their earnings made perfect sense in light of the recently reported...
When our fears have all been serialized, our creativity censured, our ideas "marketplaced," our intelligence sloganized, our strength downsized, our privacy auctioned; when the theatricality,...
The global economy is like fried ice cream: If you don’t act fast, it turns into a mess.
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This week the conservative echo chamber is buzzing with righteous outrage over the fact that Muslims are building a “mosque” at ground zero. This is...
In 1962, the historian Barbara Tuchman published a book about the start of World War I and called it The Guns of August. It went...
“From now on, depressions will be scientifically created.” — Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. , 1913 Everyone loves money. Even people like myself who abhor the...
Last week the monthly first time unemployment claims number rose “unexpectedly” to a seasonally adjusted 484,000 new recipients. There are many things...
The United States is running out of time to get its budget and trade deficits under...
Dr David Kelly was on a hitlist, says UN weapons expert as calls grow for full inquestBy Miles Goslett and Arthur Martin A leading UN weapons...
S 510, the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, may be the most dangerous bill in the history of the US. It is to our...