“Stress Test” a Con: Obama Still Coddling Banks
“Asking” the banks how they “feel” may be politically shrewd, but it’s morally bankrupt.
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As Larry Summers Gently Sleeps: Will Obama Ever Turn Against Plutocracy?
Larry Summers can’t keep his eyes open for 30 frickin minutes while his President speaks of the need for the banks to play fair. Is there no more fitting symbol?
Read MoreNewt’s Obama-Bashing Trinity
It’s difficult to believe that Newt’s role as critic of Obama’s foreign policy has as much to do with patriotism as with raw political ambition.
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Of Taxes, Tea, and Timidity: What Obama Should Tell the Protest’s Right-Wing Organizers
Obama might mention the super rich, for example.
Read MoreObama Shifts US Narrative Away from “Christian Nation”
Did the president’s rhetoric at the recent press conference in Turkey signal a shift toward a new national identity, or merely a shift in emphasis?
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New Yorker on Banking Corruption: Suck it Up and Stop Whining
Pardon me, Nick, but the course you are recommending—and the White House policy you are explicitly endorsing—happens to represent a complete breach of public trust.
Read MoreBad news on the Faith-Based Council
Not only is the balance on Obama’s Faith-Based Council tipped toward conservatives, it seems that for every gay rights advocate there must be a homophobe.
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New Poll Reveals Jews May Be Open to Change in Israel Policy
Don’t break out the Ram’s Horn just yet, the Devil’s in the details.
Read MoreDaschle Is Gone—But the Stench of Insider Corruption Lingers
While it’s good that Obama won’t have this rotten apple in his administration it does nothing about the tree.
Read MoreA Nation of Believers and Nonbelievers—Second Thoughts on Obama’s Speech
Sure it was nice that Obama gave a shout out to nonbelievers, but the president’s actions during the campaign give pause to the nation’s atheists and agnostics.
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