Rahm Emanuel: In Your F...

Cate Plys, Northwestern Magazine No wonder you can date pictures of Rahm Emanuel by the darkening circles around his eyes, the way botanists count tree rings. Most people settle for half-circles under their eyes. The famously competitive Emanuel goes the full 360 degrees....

Is Obama Paving the Way...

Bill Kristol, Weekly Standard For our part, we’d like to see a decisive triumph for Romney and his running mate over two formidable representatives of contemporary liberalism, rather than a discounted victory over a flawed ticket with only one strong candidate. So we sincerely...

Why Obama Is Sweating J...

Noam Scheiber, The New Republic The Wall Street Journal has an intriguing story today about the anxiety in the White House over $2 billion-and-counting loss that JP Morgan announced last week. At first blush, the reason for the angst isn't entirely clear. After all, the loss would...

Mitt Romney, Servant of...

Jamelle Bouie, American Prospect The defining feature of the Republican presidential primaries was the constant Sturm und Drang over Mitt Romney’s ability to win Republican voters. Pundits claimed that Romney had a “ceiling” with conservatives in the party,...

Japan & Europe Are ...

Steve Forbes, Forbes Can the U.S. lead the world back to prosperity? The global economy is lurching toward the cliff. Twice before over the last 75 years Washington took the necessary action, and after November, with a new President and Congress, there will be the opportunity–and...

Members of the Class of...

Robert Reich, Huffington Post First, you're going to have a hell of a hard time finding a job. The job market you're heading into is still bad. Fewer than half of the graduates from last year's class have as yet found full-time jobs. Most are still looking. Read more from...

Under Dodd-Frank, Big B...

Steve Huntley, Chicago ST Anyone who thought that Washington had cured the fiscal ills of the 2008 financial meltdown must be wondering what the hullabaloo about the JPMorgan Chase financial-deal-gone-wrong is all about.After all, the 2,300-page Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...

Is the Looming ’1...

Charles Lane, Washington Post When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, Pimco chief executive Mohamed el-Erian and the Economist all say we should worry about something, we usually should.Right now, they're warning about the "fiscal cliff" "”...

Is the ‘Fiscal Cl...

Charles Lane, Washington Post When Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, Pimco chief executive Mohamed el-Erian and the Economist all say we should worry about something, we usually should.Right now, they’re warning about the “fiscal cliff” —...

"Taxmaggedon"...

John Snow, Wall Street Journal Nine years ago this month Congress passed President George W. Bush's Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act. That bill's lower rates on capital, as well as the continuity in tax policy it established, have helped make our economy far more...