Political Commentary for Reasonable People
I’ve been a big critic of Wall Street for years. In 2002, during then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s investigation of Merrill Lynch’s rip off of individual investors during the dot-com bubble, I described the Wall Street culture as corrupt … More…
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Illinois primary Tuesday, as expected, and his margin of victory was in line with what the polls had predicted. But in winning Illinois he staked one of his strongest claims yet on the … More…
An intense power struggle at the top levels of Iran’s government, along with tough sanctions and the threat of US or Israeli military action, may make a diplomatic resolution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program slightly more possible.
Mahmoud … More…
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor of New York, is a very generous man. Really.
Bloomberg, whose net worth is estimated by Forbes at $22 billion, has taken the Gates-Buffett Giving Pledge to donate at least half his wealth to … More…
Rising Chinese political star Bo Xilai has been purged and may be under house arrest in what the Financial Times called “the most momentous political upheaval in the country in two decades.”
Coming on the verge of a major leadership … More…
Who woulda thunk it just six months ago? Rick Santorum the biggest challenger to frontrunner Mitt Romney? After Tuesday’s wins in Alabama and Mississippi, he certainly is.
Last year the former Pennsylvania senator looked like the dictionary definition of “also-ran.” … More…
There’s a reason they call Afghanistan the “graveyard of empires.” Alexander the Great himself was wounded in a failed attempt at conquest, and 16,000 British troops were slaughtered following an Afghan rebellion against their occupation in 1842; only one … More…
It’s hard to come away from HBO’s “Game Change” with anything but the most cynical view of American politics.
The movie focuses on a small part of the larger 2008 presidential campaign saga told by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann: … More…
President Obama has been on a roll of late.
Unemployment has fallen steadily to 8.3%, and we’ve had 24 consecutive months—two years—of private sector job growth. The rate itself is much higher than previous presidents have faced going into re-election, … More…
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