Thursday May 23, 2013

Sheldon Richman

04/26/2013 - 5:00pm

Sheldon Richman

On the day of the Boston Marathon bombings, President Obama stood in the White House briefing room and said, “We will find out who did this; we’ll find out why they did this.”
What motivated the murderous acts allegedly committed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarvaev is the question on everyone’s mind. We would be surprised if it were not.
But will people remain interested in the...

The Dow Jones is lying to Americans

03/19/2013 - 5:00pm

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is at a record high, and the unemployment rate has ticked down to 7.7 percent, but this is no time to celebrate. The economy is still in...

Hagel’s retreat an interesting strategy

02/07/2013 - 6:00pm

Some observers are mystified by Chuck Hagel’s pathetic showing at his Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, but there should be no mystery about it. He performed as he did for...