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While Americans were fixated on relentless coverage of the Michael Jackson memorial last week, President Barack Obama was shoring up the country’s international stature as he toured in connection with the Group of Eight Summit in Italy.
Global summitry is…
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When Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to stimulate the economy in 1933, the first thing he did was create the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Within 37 days of FDR’s inauguration, he had proposed and Congress had enacted the CCC. On the 38th…
We were hearing a lot of talk about two months ago (here, too).
What happened?
The Obama speech: The people liked it, the markets didn't.
On Wednesday, the day after President Barack Obama appeared before Congress to outline his hyper-ambitious economic recovery to the nation, the financial markets opened 1 to 2 points lower. The Libertarian Party…
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In the afterglow of the inauguration of President Barack Obama has come the suggestion that his ascendancy marks the onset of a “post-racial” society, one in which Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream has been…
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With health care near the top of its agenda, the administration of President-elect Barack Obama is planning to hold a series of town hall meetings across the country in coming weeks. The purpose is to solicit ideas and…
