On: 05/19/2010 10:35:55 In: Economy By Robert Romano Today, the Senate is expected to vote to invoke cloture on the Dodd financial takeover bill, giving new meaning to the “fast track.” Debate on the legislation only began on April 26th, when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid began a […]

On: 05/12/2010 22:16:14 In: Barack Obama By Trevor Sides Comparing Obama to the Dark Knight’s Joker is a tricky endeavor. “The whole Obama/Joker “socialism” poster from last August ruffled some feathers. The poster didn’t make sense and came off as racist. Then again, anyone who criticizes Obama […]

On: 05/06/2010 06:33:31 In: Health Care By Howard Rich A little over a year ago, a columnist for the newspaper that once served as the official communications organ of the Central Committee of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had some choice words for what remains […]

On: 05/28/2010 12:10:36 In: Elections By Michael Swartz With his win earlier this month in Kentucky’s Republican primary for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by the retiring Senator Jim Bunning, Rand Paul termed it a victory for the Tea Party movement. In the May 18 […]

On: 05/23/2010 22:51:15 In: Hard Left By Rick Manning House Democrats plan to leave the country without a budget according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer who stated, “ It’s difficult to pass budgets in election years because they reflect what the [fiscal] status is.” Now that’s courage, leadership and transparency. It is stunning that the Majority […]

On: 05/18/2010 00:16:09 In: Economy By Robert Romano Rescinding government control of the nation’s financial sector — along with repealing ObamaCare and restoring fiscal sanity to the nation’s budget — all may have to be put off for some time after elections have taken place. And put onto […]

On: 05/11/2010 22:54:50 In: Economy Yesterday, the U.S. Senate defeated two amendments to the Dodd financial takeover bill that would have begun to address the root, government causes of the financial crisis that began in 2007 when the housing bubble popped. It is now up to […]

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On: 05/28/2010 12:10:04 In: Monetary Policy ALG Editor’s Note: In the following featured oped from the Wall Street Journal , Judy Shelton makes the case for the gold standard in a world where the investing public is losing confidence in paper money: The Recovery Starts With Sound Money By Judy Shelton The euro is beset with fiscal […]

On: 05/23/2010 22:50:26 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment By Michael Swartz It’s beyond question that the oil industry is down on its luck right now, and the black eye received from the Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico is a shiner which will stay on its public […]