Maybe some smarty pants MBA can help me out—but preferably not one of those guys who pretends to understand those gee whiz Weapons of Financial Destruction known as derivatives. Last week that day finally arrived when you could buy a share of Citigroup at the Dollar Store. And in the pattern that ...

The second personage of the Libertarian Chick Triumvirate is the grand duchess of liberty herself, Ayn Rand—who was a contemporary of fellow founder of modern libertarianism Rose Wilder Lane , whom I featured a couple days ago. The downside of Ayn Rand is the debating society, known as libertarian...

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Tuesday Morning News Roundup It appears that Karl Rove will be testifying on Capitol Hill about the nine fired US attorneys. Executive privilege will not cover Mr. Rove anymore. Rove’s lawyer, Robert Luskin, has suggested that Karl Rove will not take the fifth when testifying before Congress, ...

Senator Judd Gregg has decided he just can’t work with President Obama. He just can’t do it. The ideological differences, analysts are saying, might have been too great for Gregg and the stimulus bill played a big part in him withdrawing his name. But I don’t know if I buy that, t...

New York, NY — What a load. Hits the fan. Runs downhill. A lying sack of it. Enough is enough, according to manure processors and resellers. Image is everything when it comes to marketplace perceptions, and the much-maligned poop business has decided to litigate for respect if it can’t e...

WHAT EXACTLY IS THE APPROPRIATE, "TACTFUL" ETIQUETTE FOR REPORTING THE RAPE OF FAMILIES' EARNED INCOME CREDITS AND STIMULUS REBATE REFUNDS?  HOW DOES ONE REPORT THE VULGAR CRIME OF ELDER ABUSE WITHOUT OFFENDING ANYONE? Dear Zen, I respect you and your work here on Blog Talk Radio and that is why I ...

Speaking to a group of students, Bank of Israel governor, Stanley Fischer said that it remains to be seen how the Israeli economy will do after the war with Hamas is completed. Citing the abysmal global economy, Fischer thinks that a strong Israeli economic recovery will coincide with a global econo...

From the AFL-CIO Pass the Employee Free Choice Act. Implement a meaningful economic recovery package that rebuilds our economy and creates millions of new jobs, including “green jobs.” Provide affordable and quality health care for all. Members of the 111th Congress were sworn in yesterd...