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Last updated: Friday, June 01 2012 07:59 AM
The Democrats' Private Equity Paradox
Friday, May 25 2012 08:55 PM
If politics makes for strange bedfellows, campaign fundraising can make for one heck of an awkward morning-after, as leading Democrats were reminded this week.
Facebook Goes Public
Friday, May 18 2012 10:23 PM
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?
Friday, May 11 2012 09:30 PM
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 Capitalism
Friday, May 04 2012 09:47 PM
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 Card
Friday, April 27 2012 09:15 PM
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 Wild
Friday, April 20 2012 09:30 PM
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 Malfunction
Friday, April 13 2012 10:34 PM
North Korea's dud missile launch complicates an already difficult relationship with the international community.
Obama, Candidate in Chief
Friday, April 06 2012 09:29 PM
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 Supremes
Friday, March 30 2012 09:22 PM
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 Trayvon
Friday, March 23 2012 09:56 PM
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?
Friday, March 16 2012 09:48 PM
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?
Friday, March 09 2012 09:30 PM
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 Snowe
Friday, March 02 2012 09:04 PM
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?
Friday, February 24 2012 09:30 PM
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 iPhone
Friday, February 17 2012 09:25 PM
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-Pedal
Friday, February 10 2012 09:30 PM
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 Back
Friday, February 03 2012 09:03 PM
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. Governing
Friday, January 27 2012 09:30 PM
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 Carolina
Friday, January 20 2012 09:12 PM
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 Blankley
Friday, January 13 2012 09:20 PM
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 Agenda
Friday, January 06 2012 09:38 PM
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 Politics
Friday, December 30 2011 09:30 PM
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 Edition
Friday, December 23 2011 08:39 PM
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?
Friday, December 16 2011 08:57 PM
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 Can
Friday, December 09 2011 08:40 PM
European leaders ? except Britain -- agree to come together. Conservatives pile on GOP frontrunner Gingrich. Which past president will President Obama be compared to next?