POLITICS TRIUMPH OVER ECONOMICS: US Congress to Tax Bonuses

US Congress of morons wants to enact a law to tax Bonuses AKA Retention Awards rather than enacting the law there can not be any Bonuses or Awards as long as Companies are in loss. If this Law would have been there...

Empire classic or empire lite?

Obama foreign policy does not question basic assumptions of the past

US prepares for "continuity of government"

Bruce Fein: Army to deal with potential domestic "civil unrest and crowd control"

US-Iraq: What's the deal?

Michael Schwartz deconstructs the US-Iraq security pact

The lame duck economic summit

Bush brings the G-20 to Washington; but world leaders would rather talk to Obama

More Iraqi demands on security deal

Even though Bush administration continues to meet demands, Iraq reluctant to approve troop agreement

Obama's foreign policy challenge

Eric Margolis: Bush admin has left Obama an international 'mess', with Russia at the top of the list

Obama and global security

Obama has echoed a hard line against Iran; will his actual policy be a break with Bush? J. Schell Pt 2/2