Government by Contractor Is a Disgrace

Sorry....The Government has rarely performed any task as well as the private sector.....i.e. Call Medicare on the phone??? When you have an overpaid employee force that can not be fired, you end up with poor performance.

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Cash-Strapped Big Cities Seek TARP Funds to Stimulate Local Economies

TARP is not set-up to rescue the cities of the USA. If Congress wants to bail-out the cities for their poor planning and poor financial management, they need to set up another entity to do it.

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GE stock: It's good, but it's riskier than the S

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Airlines emerge from profit-killing oil slick

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Rep Changing Vote

This voter should learn the details of BO's plans....The problem is that his plans/views change daily, and he is on every side of every issue? A successfull business man should have a very difficult time voting for BO if the voter understands BOs views on economics, taxes,energ …

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The Senate Shills for Big Oil

What will it take to wake the Senate up? A country that consumes one-fifth of the world's oil but has only 3 percent of its reserves cannot possibly drill its way to energy independence.

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Facing Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes

The same sorts of loans that drove the housing boom are now giving borrowers incentives to walk away.

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Microsoft Gets Record Fine and a Rebuke From Europe

Regulators issued the company a $1.35 billion fine for failing to comply with a 2004 judgment that it had abused its dominance.

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Obama Adding Detail to His Oratory

Senator Barack Obama seems to be taking criticisms that he is a candidate with more flash than substance as something of a warning shot.

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Clean Power or Dirty Coal?

Bowing to veto threats from the White House, Congress stripped from an otherwise admirable energy bill two important provisions on alternative fuels.

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Ronald Reagan Is Still Dead

The G.O.P. is running on empty, with no ideas beyond the incessant repetition of Ronald Reagan's name.

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Bush tanked the U.S. economy

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Hot Prospect for Oil's Big League

A huge underwater oil field discovered late last year has the potential to transform Brazil into a sizable exporter and win it a seat at the table of the world's oil cartel.

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The Tax Debate That Isn't

More difficult than tax reform may be the search for a presidential candidate with the courage to speak frankly to Americans about the nation's budget problems.

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The Man From Target

The Republican presidential pack is one extremely unappealing bunch of politicians, and Mike Huckabee is this week's exercise in avoidance.

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Airlines cut U.S. schedules despite strong demand

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Bringing an Energy Bill Home

Congress is within reach of a breakthrough energy bill that would reduce both America's dependence on foreign oil and its emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change.

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The Scientists Speak

The world's scientists have done their job on global warming. Now it's time for world leaders, starting with President Bush, to do theirs.

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Buffett Says No Estate Tax Would Be a Gift to the Rich

Warren E. Buffett told Congress that plans to repeal the estate tax would benefit a handful of the richest American families and widen income disparity in the United States.

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Stores See Shoppers in Retreat

The nation's big retail chains reported the weakest October in 12 years, blaming economic clouds that show no signs of lifting before the end of the year.

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Defy News Corp.

News Corporation's purchase of Dow Jones signals a frightening new phase of media ownership that demands scrutiny. At least one person in...

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Prostates and Prejudices

Rudy Giuliani has a habit of saying things that are demonstrably untrue. And the American people have a right to know that.

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A Dearth of Taxes

America's meager tax take puts its economic prospects at risk and leaves the government ill equipped to face the challenges of globalization.

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Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans

Tens of thousands of Medicare recipients have been victimized by private insurers that run the system's new drug benefit program, according to a review of federal audits.

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Misleading Spin on Children's Health

Like so many things that President Bush has gotten wrong, he'd already made up his mind and had no interest in listening to others' arguments.

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