GeneralThe Republican race heats upMinnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann wins the Iowa straw poll on Saturday, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty withdraws...
GeneralS&P sends U.S. political leaders a messageLast Friday, the Standard & Poor’s rating agency made history by ratcheting the U.S. credit rating down a notch from AAA to...
GeneralWho really won the U.S. debt debate?The Republicans don’t have as much to celebrate as everyone thinks
GeneralIs it Watergate across the pond?The British phone hacking scandal is reminiscent of the Watergate scandal of the 1970s. Resignations, non-denial...
GeneralHow politics have come to dominate the debt ceiling debateEven though we have heard countless references and discussions about the risks associated with rising the US debt ceiling, we...
GeneralWhy Americans have reason to be hopefulOn July 4, Americans rightly celebrate their country’s accomplishments since 1776. While living in the United States and...
GeneralLeadership moments in New YorkBack in September 2010, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a position in favour of building a mosque near Ground Zero...
GeneralObama’s real opponentLast week’s Republican debate in New Hampshire featured a steady diet of attacks on Barack Obama. Mitt Romney said Obama had...
GeneralCan Romney win?Shortly after Mitt Romney’s official announcement he would run for the Republican nomination for 2012, some polls put the...
GeneralCan Obama escape those unemployment numbers?The latest U.S. job creation numbers are disappointing, as unemployment hit 9.1% with only 54,000 new jobs created in...