White House Wants Business to Stop Complaining
The Obama Administration is pushing back against the notion that its policy is hostile to business.
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Administration Braces for Court Challenges
With a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, Barack Obama’s policies could be in jeopardy.
Open the Borders
Allowing people to move freely across borders is an economic as well as a moral imperative.
G20 Set to Cut Deficits Despite Obama
World leaders ignore Barack Obama’s call for stimulus and commit to cutting their deficits instead.
Obama Urges Europe to Spend More
The American president calls for more deficit spending. European countries are skeptical.
Emanuel Exposes Administration Split
Barack Obama’s chief of staff is reportedly frustrated about the lack of pragmatism in the White House.
Obama’s War on Capitalism
Barack Obama inherited two Middle East wars from his predecessor and countless of struggles labeled as such from the many presidents that came before him, ranging from a critical War on Terror to an endless and largely futile war on drugs. His administration has so far added one notable campaign to this list — a […]
Brits Urge Obama to Stop Bashing BP
British leaders are concerned about the American president’s criticism of the oil company.
Obama’s “International Order”
The president sets out his foreign-policy vision, which involves new partnerships and leading by example.
The Second of November
With Tea Parties and Republican opposition continuing to mount and President Barack Obama’s approval rating hovering near 50 percent, the United States are preparing for a “summer of discontent” that in all likelihood will culminate in a series of crushing defeats for the ruling party in November. The fight for the midterm elections is not […]
GOP Taking Cues from Wall Street?
President Barack Obama was unusually defiant in his weekly televised address this Saturday, attacking special interests and “their allies in Washington” for resisting financial reform. The recession, according to the president, was caused by the financial industry. Indeed, it could have been avoided “if Wall Street firms were more accountable, if financial dealings were more […]
Time for Realpolitik in the Near East
The Obama Administration’s Middle East policy appears to have swung from the slightly idealistic to the definitively realistic in recent weeks, with the opposition continuing to denounce the supposed naiveté of the president’s intentions. Barack Obama began his offensive in Cairo, Egypt last year where he called upon the Muslim world to end “the cycle […]
Obama’s “Bizarre” Nuclear Policy Isn’t
The nuclear treaty with Russia is separate from America’s nuclear diplomacy with Iran and North Korea.
Obama’s Spring Offensive
With health-care reform passed, the Obama Administration is gearing up to tackle the next item on its agenda: financial reform. The president is expected to push Congress in the coming weeks, hoping to have some progress to show for by the fall when the midterm elections are set to ravish the country’s political landscape. Treasury […]
What’s Really Troublesome
How an otherwise tempered remark by the president spawns a media fury, left and right.