Leo Hindery, Jr.: In past recessions, CEOs eventually created out of their own courage and convictions the certainty, and confidence, they needed to move their companies forward. The Great Recession of 2007 is so "Great," however -- and the task of quickly creating 22 million new jobs so daunting -- that this time it's going to take certainty of the sort that only large-scale Keynesian-type government intervention in sustained job creation can generate. With CEOs in America already spooked, they are not otherwise going to start hiring in meaningful amounts. Click here to read more.
Failing to "win" in Afghanistan would be bad. But carrying on in a war not worth fighting would be worse. The Obama administration should focus on protecting Americans from terrorism. It should leave nation-building to the Afghan people.
Josh Fattal, Sarah Shourd, and Shane Bauer's personal dignity must be kept as high as possible. They must hold tight to the idea that they are in prison, but the prison is not in them.
The other day I was writing about Meg Whitman's plans to include a tax cut for the super rich that could cost the state between four and six billion dollars. There's my first mistake right there: It could be ten billion dollars.
The New Black Panthers Party "story" isn't a story at all -- certainly not as Fox News is selling it. It's a Southern Strategy dog whistle designed to rile up more fear in an already angry and frightened white America.
A proposed mosque two blocks from Ground Zero has Palin tweeting on a Sunday afternoon. This is a local issue for New Yorkers. I'm weighing in on Sarah Palin. She's local for Alaskans.
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