While the U.S. political pendulum seems to be swinging towards the left, our friends on the other side of the Atlantic are swinging in the opposite direction. Americans have elected the most left-leaning president and Congress in decades, in large part because of the Global Economic Crisis. What is interesting is that the same crisis [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2009’
President Obama Changes Little With Cairo Remarks
President Obama delivered a speech in Cairo today. In it, the President of the United States outlined what could well be called the Obama Doctrine. Yet, for those hoping for significant change from past administrations, there was much lacking. Despite what some have claimed, the speech did not outline a new beginning. While a few [...]
Chrysler Investors Forgotten, Still Wronged
Lost in the investigations over the closings of several Chrysler dealerships is another debate over the legal rights of the administration in private enterprise. Just as dealerships owned by Republican donors and fundraisers are being closed in much higher relative proportions than Dem dealerships, investment firms that held large chunks of Chrysler debt and attempted [...]