by Caroline Adana | Aug 17, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Top politicians are shrewd at marketing, but sometimes they act in ways that look awful to the public. The iron law of political optics can often explain these apparent blunders: If what they do looks terrible, it is because all the other alternatives are worse....
by James Fite | Oct 29, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
The road to passage for the ever-diminishing, multi-trillion-dollar spending bill is “clearer than ever,” according to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki. An “overwhelming number” of House Democrats support both President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act and the...
by Kelli Ballard | Oct 8, 2021 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
The September Jobs Report wasn’t as grand as the Biden administration expected. On Friday, Oct. 8, the president addressed the nation to explain the market and his expectations going forward. However, he didn’t say too much about the disappointing numbers from the...
by Tim Donner | Sep 30, 2021 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Much like their president, Democrats on Capitol Hill have created a self-imposed crisis for which all the possible solutions carry significant downside risk. They famously seek to ram through the equivalent of an all-you-can-eat buffet of government intervention –...
by Tim Donner | Aug 5, 2021 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Deal-making is as much a part of American life – especially political life – as hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet. From the time of the ultimate steal of a deal – 24 bucks to unwitting natives in exchange for Manhattan Island – to the presidency of Donald Trump, born...