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• FANNIE'S BEEN IN ARREARS

  July 13, 2008 - ONCE again Ronald Reagan had it right. Back in the mid-80's the Reagan administration pushed hard to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at a time when doing so in a gentle manner would have...more >

• LEHMAN'S STOCKINGS ARE FULL, ITS COFFERS, NOT SO MUCH

  July 6, 2008 - WHO said there's no Christ mas in July? Why, this summer one has to look no further than that strange canyon of skyscrapers known as Wall Street. The stockings are full, the presents are...more >

• DEATH & TAXES DON'T MIX

  June 29, 2008 - HOW desperate are lawmakers to stimulate our ailing economy? Well, apparently so desperate you don't even have to be alive to receive a slice of the $170 billion stimulus pie. That's...more >

• SLICK MOZILO IS JUST A MODERN DAY JIM MCDOUGAL

  June 22, 2008 - HEY, it was just a small little land deal in the Ozarks right? A miserable piece of land, in fact, situated in a town aptly named Flippin, Ark. But 16 years ago, revelations of a sweetheart land...more >

• BOND RATE DEBACLE

  June 15, 2008 - FEEL the heat this past week? No, not the 98-degree sizzlers that stressed both New York's power grid and Big Apple tempers to their limits. I'm referring instead to the heat in the bond...more >

• HIGH FLYIN' SPECULATOR IS CONSUMERS' FRIEND

  June 8, 2008 - BAN the speculators! Ban the speculators! That's become the rallying cry of late in Congress where speculators have replaced Arab oil pashas as public enemy No. 1 with the US consumer. You know...more >

• WULFF NOT CRYING AT OIL PRICES

  May 25, 2008 - GASOLINE prices in overdrive, an unpopular president in the White House, a heated election on the horizon, inflation stirring and Iran looming as America's No. 1 nemesis - the summer of 2008?more >

• WHY IS CONGRESS STILL IN THE BUSINESS OF FARM AID?

  May 18, 2008 - WHICH species is more threatened - the polar bear or the principled lawmaker who will make tough decisions in the face of his or her own political interests? If you picked the latter, you'll get...more >

• SOME FRIENDLY ADVICE FOR SEN. MCCAIN: LIKE MIKE

  May 11, 2008 - Memo to Sen. John McCain: Your well-deserved spring break is now over. With Sen. Barack Obama looking more and more like the Democratic nominee, it's time to get serious about your least...more >

• A CRYSTAL BAWL

  May 4, 2008 - WHAT do Paula Abdul and Ben Bernanke have in common? Well, in addition to their somewhat erratic behavior of late - hers as an "American Idol" judge and his as Fed chair (where he has...more >