JPMorgan Chase Losses: No Reason for More Regulation

JPMorgan Chase’s announcement that it has lost $2 billion in a failed hedge strategy sent shock waves through the financial world yesterday. And in Washington, the reaction has had a ...

VIDEO: Biden Claimed Coal Power Is More Dangerous Than Terrorism

Video from 2007 shows then-Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) claiming that coal power and corn syrup are more deadly than terrorism. The remarks will likely prove a headache for an administration ...

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Old Fallacies Return

With negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between the U.S. and eight other countries set to resume this week in Dallas, opponents are dusting off the same old discredited arguments ...

The Ladder of Opportunity vs. Obama’s Fairness Escalator

If 2008 was all about hope and change, 2012 may well be about ladders. Yes, ladders. President Barack Obama has developed a soft-spot for the “ladder of opportunity” metaphor, and ...

Interpol President: 1,000 Cyber Attacks Per Minute in Israel

Israel is hosting the three-day International Interpol Convention, which began on Tuesday in Tel Aviv. Some 200 senior delegates from law enforcement agencies across 40 European nations are attending the ...

Do You Need A Permission Slip to Work in Your State?

For some professions, it makes a lot of sense to have some high standards before you’re allowed to work — doctors, pharmacists, pilots, you get the picture. But did you ...

Al-Qaeda Not Defeated Despite Obama’s Claims, Says Expert

U.S. President Barack Obama said last week that the Al-Qaeda was “on a path to defeat,” but Seth Jones, a former U.S. Special Operations Command senior adviser, says the evidence ...

Council of the Americas Honors Argentine Government in Wake of Repsol/YPF Seizure

Argentina’s vice president, Amado Boudou, is confirmed to speak tomorrow at the annual Council of the Americas (COA) meeting at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington. COA is an association ...

Pimco Echoes Heritage on Taxmageddon: Congress Needs to Act Now

A few weeks ago, around Tax Day, Heritage started warning of Taxmageddon—a one-year, $494 billion tax hike that slams the economy on January 1, 2013, unless Congress and President Obama ...

A New Trend on Trade in North Carolina

North Carolinians, like many Americans, are concerned that opening the door to foreign companies will result in the loss of jobs, hurting the economic livelihood of the state and its ...