Two Blue Dogs Defeated ...

John Nichols, The Nation Two conservative Democratic congressman who aligned with Republicans during last year’s budget fights and broke to the right on a host of other issues were defeated in primary contests Tuesday in Pennsylvania.Congressmen Tim Holden and Jason Altmire,...
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Dream of Taxpayer Bailo...

Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg The U.S. Treasury Department wants the public to believe the government’s bailouts of the financial sector might make money for taxpayers. It’s easy to see why.If the government could show an overall profit, the implication would be that...
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Millennials Turning Awa...

Walter Russell Mead, Am. Interest One of the biggest political stories of 2008 was the rise of the Millennials as an electoral force. As “Obamamania” swept the nation, college students across the country abandoned their usual political apathy and volunteered for the...
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Stop Treating Symptoms,...

Camden Fine, IBD In an opinion piece titled "Dissolve 'Too Big To Fail,' Not Large Banks" published in the April 5 edition of Investor's Business Daily, Frank Keating — president of the American Bankers Association — wrote that we should not...
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A Deal in the Works Wit...

David Ignatius, Washington Post WASHINGTON — The nuclear talks with Iran have just begun, but already the smart money in Tehran is betting on a deal. That piece of intelligence comes from the Tehran stock index, which on the day after the talks opened posted its largest daily rise...
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Recall Puts Wisconsin I...

Jonathan Tobin, Commentary Continued here:  Recall Puts Wisconsin Into Play for...
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How Obama Dropped the B...

Michael Hirsh, National Journal President Obama pushed through a historic health care law. But in so doing Obama downplayed the historic nature of the economic crisis he had inherited, and the historic depths of anger in the country caused by it. Never mind the polls...
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Today Is unEqual Pay Da...

Rep. Jackie Speier, Huffington Post More:  Today Is unEqual Pay...
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Spain: Too Big to Fail ...

John Mauldin, JohnMauldin.com Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 14 in John Mauldin's weekly e-letter.I fully intended to ignore Spain this week. Really, truly I did. I had my letter all planned, but then a few notes drew my attention, and the more I...
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Ending Fecklessness on ...

E.J. Dionne, Washington Post WASHINGTON — It's understandable if unfortunate that the controversy surrounding the killing of Trayvon Martin has polarized the country along both racial and ideological lines. But there is one issue that should not have any racial connotations:...
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