The Senate has overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York) to be secretary of state, Fox News reports. Mrs. Clinton will presumably resign as a senator…
Jonathan Tolman at the Competitive Enterprise Institute writes that the current stimulus package under consideration is incredibly wasteful: Not all stimulus programs are created equal. If the goal of…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst Inauguration Day drop ever yesterday as Barack Obama was sworn in as president of the United States, Bloomberg reports. Markets seem…
At the Sundance Film Festival, protesters denounced founder Robert Redford, accusing him of being an enemy of the poor for opposing energy exploration, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. It’s…
Since nobody on Capitol Hill cares about the Constitution, this constitutes trivia. The musical interlude at the inauguration ceremony that extended for about six minutes after 12 Noon today, after Joe…
As Barack Obama is about to be sworn in as the 44th U.S. president in mere minutes, Americans seem to believe his economic stimulus package will help to revive the…
There are reports that Arthur Nadel, a hedge fund manager and philanthropist, disappeared with up to $350 million of his clients’ money. A blogger (Libertarian Republican) reports that Nadel…
Throwing shoes in the general direction of President George W. Bush of course. It’s no surprise that Code Pink people, communists, and other anti-American kooks were behind this tiresome…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said he may hold up Sen. Hillary’s Clinton nomination to be U.S. secretary of state if his concerns about foreign donations to the William J. Clinton Foundation…