Obama’s uncertain climate change future

“Obama has failed the world on climate change,” German magazine Der Spiegel announced...

 

Dollar outlook isn’t golden

“Buy gold,” we are told by no less an authority than G. Gordon Liddy....

 

Federal policy may stifle recovery before it grows

There are times when economic data point in one direction, and businessmen in the privacy of...

 

Dollar still the world’s favorite currency, for now

The Chinese are cross because the falling dollar means the stacks of U.S. IOUs they have in their...

 

Dollar decline forcing debt showdown with China

Americans should be hoping that the Chinese will be kinder to us than we were to the Brits after...

 

Double-dip recession could be on its way

‘W.” It’s back, and sending tremors through the business community. Especially...

 

Stubborn facts block green campaigns

“Facts are stubborn things,” John Adams remarked 239 years ago. And so they remain....

 

Irving Kristol was a giant who walked humbly among us

We buried Irving Kristol in Washington on Wednesday and now must cope with the fact that we...

 

How will Obama handle this potential recovery?

Even before this week’s report of a jump in retail sales and industrial production, Federal...

 

China fortifies as U.S. currency sinks further

Gold is up (over $1,000 per ounce), oil is up (over $70 per barrel), other commodities are up and...

 

Unions need growth to save unfunded pensions

“We’ve lost touch with a whole generation ... The problem is that they [under-30s]...

 

Seven lessons of Cash for Clunkers’ failure

It’s over, finished, done. And quiet returns to the auto showrooms of America. Cash for...

 

Obama needs a midcourse correction — and soon

I have seen the future, and it won’t work — not unless there is a major policy change...

 

Getting away from the Washington sickness

Washington, D.C., is emptying out, trading Congress and the army of lobbyists grown numerous and...