We keep hearing again and again and again from the media that Timothy Geithner, President-elect Obama’s choice as Treasury secretary, made an honest mistake in failing to pay employment taxes.
“I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.” –No. 6, a character in “The Prisoner” played by Patrick McGoohan,…
At the lovefest that was Sen. Hillary Clinton’s nomination hearing for the post of U.S. secretary of state today, Richard Lugar, a Republican from Indiana, lamented that “nearly 1 billion people…
Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic reports that President-elect Barack Obama is dining tonight in the D.C. suburbs with conservative commentators David Brooks, William Kristol, and possibly George Will. “[E]stablishment opinion…
Will China save America from itself? I know it sounds absurd but a story suggests China will stop buying U.S. Treasury debt, a move that would make it difficult…
Secretary of State nominee Hillary Clinton “intervened at least six times in government issues directly affecting companies and others that later contributed to her husband’s foundation,” AP reports after reviewing the New…
ACORN, a major player in the mortgage meltdown, unveiled its 2009 agenda. Topping the list is “[a] mandatory 90-day moratorium on foreclosures will give our members across the nation…
Country singer Merle Haggard is suing the environmentalist group, Green Train, claiming it used his name and likeness without his permission to raise money, according to reports.
Liberal financier, philanthropist, and embezzler extraordinaire Bernard Madoff remains out of jail and living in the lap of luxury despite the enormity of the crimes he has been accused…