NEW YORK — Once upon a time, Ma would say: “Sit up and eat your vegetables.” Pa said: “Don’t talk with your mouth full.”
Other common utterances included: “Go outside an...
Most everyone agrees the federal budget is out of control. Annual budget deficits that averaged $300 billion under President George W. Bush have risen to $1.4 trillion u...
The incestuous relationship between Congress and lobbyists is well documented. A congressman or senator loses re-election or retires then moves over to K Street for a we...
In a scene reminiscent of the congressional hearing where tobacco company executives innocently denied that nicotine is addictive, oil company executives solemnly told C...
Who would you figure to be America’s highest-paid CEO?
Someone from the tech industry, maybe. Or bioscience. Or petroleum. And to be sure, some sweet compensation packag...
One school of thought about the so-called jobless recovery of the American economy blames high unemployment on the federal deficit. But that’s blaming the wrong deficit....
The United States is sitting on a vast, untapped economic development tool that has received too little notice: our children.
Investing in children before they enter sch...
The day after House Speaker John Boehner demanded trillions in budget cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling, Senate Democrats offered him a small down payment Tu...
The general assumption is that when it comes to educating American kids, more is more. Longer school hours. Saturday school. Summer school. Yet more than 120 school dist...
Last week’s Republican mini-debate may not have been the most auspicious way for a presidential candidate to introduce himself to a national audience. The stage in South...
