
Joseph Lawler
What to watch for: White House press secretary Jay Carney to give his first briefing (Politico) President Obama to meet…
Tyler Durden at Zerohedge notes an interesting passage in the FCIC’s interview with Fed chairman Ben Bernanke. Bernanke summarizes the…
What to watch for: The administration will release its proposed 2012 budget (New York Times) Arizona representative Jeff Flake will…
The administration’s fiscal year 2012 budget is now available. To summarize, under the proposal the debt would increase $7.2 trillion…
Americans for Tax Reform’s Ryan Ellis has added up the tax increases proposed in the administration’s budget, and found that…
Paul Krugman gives the liberal view of the administration’s proposed budget: The important thing, I think, is that [Obama] has…
Today on the Main Site: Peter Yates: The End? by Noel E. Parmentel, Jr. Remembering the great director of Bullitt…
Today the Treasury released a report on options for reforming the housing finance market, and specifically for winding down Fannie…
One consequence of the Republicans’ takeover of the House of Representatives is that congressmen like Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan…
The symbolism was hard to understand. “WATCH OUT FOR NESTING BIRD-SHARP TALONS!” read the sign in front of the little…