WASHINGTON — Economist Robert Litan of the Kauffman Foundation likes to recall that half of today’s Fortune 500 companies began as start-ups in a recession or a bear sto...
NEW YORK — President Barack Obama’s jobs bill is better than doing nothing in the face of a national crisis, but it won’t have much impact on unemployment. Many of the m...
This Saturday, the size of a “jumbo” mortgage — the maximum amount that government-affiliated entities will back with tax money — will shrink from $729,750 to $625,500.
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Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is a mild-mannered man who believes in building ties of trust with our military allies.
He’s invested many hours...
Getting consensus on immigration issues is hard. But few would dispute that the existing system is broken. Its failure can be seen most clearly on farms: An estimated 70...
Less than two months after a corrosive battle over the debt ceiling, Republicans and Democrats in Congress are squaring off again in a budget dispute that could force th...
WASHINGTON — As a rule, I’m not one to occupy a bench in the whiny women’s section. In fact, I’ve built a career around this disinclination.
Having been raised by a man ...
WASHINGTON — I stayed up late Wednesday night in hopes that the U.S. Supreme Court would call off the execution of Troy Davis. Instead, at 11:08 p.m., he was pronounced ...
Pity the poor “super committee.” Congress’ special task force on the deficit already had a mission that looked nearly impossible: producing a plan to reduce the federal ...
Obama administration defenders argue that high-tech “green energy” companies are inherently risky and need a boost from government subsidies.
In principle, that’s not in...
