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Turning Boom into Bust

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Monday, November 17, 2008 By Alan Caruba Energy is called “the master resource” because every other aspect of life operates off of it. If Congress imposes a windfall profits tax on the American oil industry, it will quite...

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Marsh on Monday: Volcker and Greenspan: A tale of contrasts

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Commentary: Two Fed chiefs with wildly contrasting legacies LONDON (MarketWatch) -- When they leave office, European central bankers may advise investment banks, join think-tanks, sit on company boards and play golf -- but they...

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How Obama Can Be Another FDR (Follow 4 Simple Rules)

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In planning his transition to the presidency, Barack Obama could do no better than follow the precedents for governing set by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Congressional Democrats should heed the FDR model as well. Roosevelt not...

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Those lazy, hazy days of presidential transition

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As President-elect Barack Obama rushes from secret job interviews with onetime rivals in the Democratic primary season to briefings on the financial crisis, to discussions of saving the American auto industry, the postelection...

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Africa: Why Obama Will Not Change U.S. Script on International Stage

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THERE is every reason to hope that US president-elect Barack Obama will be a benign force in US domestic politics. Even in hard economic times, his political gifts may allow him to restore the traditional virtues of the US...

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Why the Sarah Palin Gamble Didn’t Pay Off

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John McCain probably lost whatever chance he had to become president on August 28, the day he invited Sarah Palin to be his running mate. In making that decision, McCain ignored a lesson of recent vice-presidential selection:...

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Did Obama Make the South Irrelevant?

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The polls had hardly closed, it seemed, before the punditry of print and blogosphere were positively a-twitter at the possibility that Barack Obama’s near-landslide victory is both substance and symbol of the happy reality that...

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The Dangerous Complacency of Victory

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In the midst of shared elation over the election of Barack Obama -- the transcendence of the moment, the breaking of the racial barrier and a new puppy in the White House -- I remember that complacency can result from victory....

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Obama's "Historic" Triumph: Did He Win or Was it a GO George – Get Out George W. Victory by Default?

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Historians have to navigate carefully when entering the strange, alluring world of media commentary. To maintain our integrity, we need boundaries. Presumably, those of us who comment believe that offering historical...

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Lauren Collins: Bringing the family to the White House.

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After months of open-air rallies and stadium speeches, America’s political families turned last week to domestic scenery: Sarah Palin in her Wasilla kitchen, mixing baby formula; Michelle Obama discussing with Laura Bush which...

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