Political Commentary for Reasonable People
Facebook insiders aren’t the only ones who will get big paydays from its historic initial public offering, which prices late Thursday and starts trading Friday.
Uncle Sam and Governor Jerry will have their greedy hands out, demanding their cut.
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Couldn’t get enough of last year’s debt-ceiling “debate,” which almost resulted in a default and caused the US to lose its AAA credit rating? Well, sit tight, because a sequel may be in the works.
On Tuesday, House Speaker John … More…
The fiasco involving JPMorgan Chase gets messier and messier as more details emerge about its disastrous trades in London.
The head of its chief investment office, Ina Drew, has stepped down amid reports she may have to give back at … More…
Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, ate a lot of humble pie on “Meet the Press” Sunday over his bank’s huge $2-billion trading loss, which already has cost the jobs of three top JPMorgan traders and executives.
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The crisis that hurts you most is the one you didn’t see coming. There may be one ahead for the Obama administration, but it’s hiding in plain sight.
Greece held parliamentary elections Sunday, and the results cast grave doubt on … More…
We at The Independent Agenda don’t usually get in the middle of spats between Beltway commentators. But there’s a doozy going on now involving two A-List columnists from The New York Times who are throwing mud at each other without … More…
The astonishing shake-up in Israeli politics this week may have changed the entire game in Israel and the Middle East—and the prospects for war with Iran over its nuclear program.
By forming a unity government with his Likud Party’s principal … More…
The Beltway media are predictably bemoaning the primary defeat of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana to insurgent Richard Mourdock, a severe conservative backed by the Tea Party and the Club for Growth. Mourdock, Indiana’s state treasurer, walloped Lugar by … More…
Here, via the Huffington Post, is a new low point in the very low candidacy of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for the presidency of the United States.
He’s actually said he’ll “take a lot of credit” for the recovery … More…
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