- Facebook Goes Public2012/05/18
Facebook takes the leap. JP Morgan chief Jamie Dimon takes one for the team. TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts gets rolled. Greece leaving the Eurozone?
- Gay Marriage: State or Civil Right?2012/05/11
President Obama goes public with his evolution on gay marriage; JPMorgan Chase loses and bank reformers gain; Europe's anti-social economy, and Sen. Lugar's lament.
- The Argument for Crony Capitalism2012/05/04
April jobs numbers disappoint, a Chinese dissident exposes a sore spot in US-China relations and a Bain Capital-ist revives the argument for income inequality.
- Playing The Bin Laden Card2012/04/27
The economy slows as it grows. The Obama campaign plays the Bin Laden card. Romney takes five more primaries; Gingrich announces that he?ll announce he's out.
- Bureaucrats Gone Wild2012/04/20
The squeaky clean Secret Service and General Services Administration are ensnared in scandals involving behavior befitting the bad guys they usually investigate.
- North Korea's Missile Malfunction2012/04/13
North Korea's dud missile launch complicates an already difficult relationship with the international community.
- Obama, Candidate in Chief2012/04/06
President Obama took direct aim at presumptive GOP challenger Mitt Romney, and fended off criticisms over a weak jobs report and accusations that he stuck it to SCOTUS.
- Getting a Read on the Supremes2012/03/30
The US Supreme Court heard 3 days of arguments over the Affordable Care Act. Is this the end of the mandate? Our system of social insurance? What of judicial deference?
- If I Had a Son, He'd Look like Trayvon2012/03/23
President Obama speaks out on the killing of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Is it right for a president to weigh in on a federal investigation?
- Going for Brokered?2012/03/16
GOP hopeful Rick Santorum's hopes spring eternal after GOP primary wins this week. Romney still has a commanding lead, but what might a brokered convention look like?
- Good Jobs News, but Where Are the Good New Jobs?2012/03/09
This week the President claimed credit for the unemployment rate not going up. After a visit from Israeli PM Netanyahu can he claim credit for Israel not hitting Iran?
- Forecast: Dreier, Then Snowe2012/03/02
Ahead of Super Tuesday, the GOP fans the debate over birth control coverage...and gets burned. The President has tough words for Iran. Another moderate lawmaker retires.
- Higher Gas Prices: Problem or Solution?2012/02/24
Romney hangs Santorum by his Senate record. Gas prices keep going up -- but is that such a bad thing? Oh right, maybe it is. US winks at, nudges Syria's opposition.
- Cars, Contraception and Calling China on the iPhone2012/02/17
Mitt Romney?s Michigan problem. Apple's China problem. Congress quietly passes a budget. A new novel warns of an economy ruled by robots ? but is it already upon us?
- Birth Control Back-Pedal2012/02/10
The Obama Administration changes health insurance rules on birth control; Rick Santorum gets a rousing welcome at CPAC and the rest of the week's political happenings.
- Walking It Back2012/02/03
A breast cancer research funder learns the power of the web -- the hard way. Mitt Romney gets schooled on the power of the sound-bite after a "very poor" choice of words.
- Campaigning vs. Governing2012/01/27
Whether it was the President's State of the Union or the GOP debate in Jacksonville, Florida, passions were on display this week for the President and his challengers alike.
- SOPA, SOTU...and South Carolina2012/01/20
As the GOP candidates blow through South Carolina, the Internet lights up over who owns content and what President Obama must say in his upcoming State of the Union speech.
- Appreciating Tony Blankley2012/01/13
We remember friend and colleague, Tony Blankley, who championed the conservative view over six years of Left Right & Center and who passed away last week.
- The (Elusive) Middle Class Agenda2012/01/06
President Obama and the GOP candidates all tout their Middle-Class Agendas, so whose agenda addresses wage earners in a time of technological change and globalization?
- Third Party Politics2011/12/30
The backlash against Obama on the left and the tepid support for Romney would seem to make this a fine time for an independent party to emerge. But it's also the year of...
- Extreme Makeover: US Economy Edition2011/12/23
Globalization, advancing technology and the real estate collapse have led to a long-term economic crisis. Time for a tectonic shift in America? Or just muddle through?
- Leaving Iraq: Better or Worse Off?2011/12/16
As the US pulls out, what's our legacy in Iraq? On Capitol Hill, the parties switch sides over a tax break. Iconoclast Christopher Hitchens, loses his fight with cancer.
- Europe Kicks the Can2011/12/09
European leaders ? except Britain -- agree to come together. Conservatives pile on GOP frontrunner Gingrich. Which past president will President Obama be compared to next?
- Occupy This and That2011/12/02
Unemployment numbers disappoint. The Fed?s trillions in secret loans. A federal judge scorches the SEC. Europe back from the abyss. Will elections be Egypt's undoing?
