Tim Pawlenty: "Experience Matters"
Tim Pawlenty’s struggling campaign put out one of the better ads I’ve seen, although I’m not sure where he is running it since he recently pulled all his ads in Iowa ahead of the Ames Straw Poll. It’s...
View ArticleMichael Moore: Arrest head of S&P
Michael Moore is at it again. This time, he thinks President Obama should arrest the head of Standard & Poor’s. The corpulent commentator said, in a tweet, “Pres Obama, show some guts &...
View ArticleMcConnell says he's ready to fight for spending cuts
On Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) released a statement claiming that he would use the new year to “hold the president accountable for the ‘balanced’ approach he promised, meaning...
View ArticleMoody's lowers United Kingdom's credit rating
Moody’s Investor Service, one of the three major credit rating services, took a move last week that is sure to send some shockwaves across Europe. Moody’s lowered the United Kingdom’s credit rating due...
View ArticleHouse Passes Debt Prioritization Measure
With another debt ceiling fight potentially brewing, the House of Representatives passed the Full Faith and Credit Act, sponsored by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), which would require the Treasury...
View ArticleMovement on debt ceiling negotiations between Obama, Republicans
It appears that there may be some movement on negotiations between House Republicans and President Barack Obama on the budget and debt ceiling, nine days after the government shutdown began.A group of...
View ArticleMoody's worried about insurers' financial health
The shifting Obamacare deadlines — caused by poorly designed, still glitchy website and millions of insurance cancellations — have led to concern from Moody’s, one of the major credit rating agencies,...
View ArticleMoody's downgrades health insurers, lack of youth enrollment cited
Nearly a month after expressing concern about the financial health of insurers participating in the Obamacare exchanges, Moody’s announced this morning that it is downgrading the outlook for insurers...
View ArticleFinancial Q&A with Joe Magyer of The Motley Fool
With the recent action taken to downgrade our credit rating by Standard & Poor’s (S&P) and the significant decline in stocks over the last few days, I fired over a few questions to Joe Magyer,...
View ArticleAmerica’s Greatness Lies in Knowledge Diffused
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.” - Thomas Jefferson, 1816, Letter to Thomas YanceyOur nation, for several years...
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