| Oct 7, 2009 | Economy / BusinessWe’re rooting for President Barack Obama and Congress to fix the economy, hoping they’ll find a way to compensate for the 7.4 million jobs that have disappeared since 2007 and assist the 1.7 million people who have lost their homes. But we also need to...
| Sep 23, 2009 | Economy / BusinessIt’s time for a constructive debate about health care that hinges on facts instead of fear. Let’s have no more circus-type antics in our town halls or perpetuating silly myths about how “big government wants to kill grandma.” Or warnings that...
| Jun 24, 2009 | Economy / BusinessLast February, amid public anger over millions in bonuses at bailed-out insurance giant AIG, our top national political leaders rushed to express their outrage — and even took some steps to place a lid on over-the-top executive pay. That lid has now come off....
| Dec 24, 2008 | Economy / BusinessI’m always conflicted when I watch some fat-cat miscreant being worked over at a Congressional hearing. On the one hand, the person on the spit usually deserves it. He or she has almost certainly violated the public trust in a way so obvious that it caught even the...
