After the American Century            [updated Oct. 7, to include information on stocks, declining foreign student enrollments, and the gove...

After the American Century The decision is a milestone on the road to decline. Standard and Poor has decided that US government debt is...

After the American Century It has only been eighteen months since George Bush left the White House, but already the American public seems...

After the American Century The Obama Administration has used far more time on the health care legislation than one might have thought p...

After the American Century For much of the twentieth century the American dollar was the benchmark currency. Whenever a crisis arose, world ...

After the American Century As the Obamas go on a 9 day vacation, one can look back at eight months in office. Given the enormity of the econ...

After the American Century Unemployment means something much worse in the United States than in much of western Europe. In nations like Denm...

After the American Century Back in 1980s I was something of an expert on the history of General Electric, having written a book about it. Si...

After the American Century President Obama has been forced to spend much of his first month in office dealing with Bush's mistakes, part...

After the American Century The average American is furious at Wall Street firms, banks, fat-cat executives, and government bailouts, which d...

After the American Century Politics is the art of the possible, and a good politician can parlay one success into widened possibilities. Sur...

After the American Century New presidents have a honeymoon with the public that lasts a few months in most cases. Obama certainly is having ...

After the American Century ]Update: In 1212 I can look back and see that the Obama Administration did save GM and Chrysler. Not only tha...

After the American Century The rapprochement between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama apparently has been taking place since June. Clearly n...

After the American Century In case anyone missed it, John McCain has tried to make Obama look bad by emphasizing the plight of an Ohio plumb...

After the American Century The final debate is over, and again the American public has said in polls that Obama won. He has defeated McCain ...

After the American Century It was the great Republican President Abraham Lincoln who famously declared that a house divided against itself c...

After the American Century The world stock markets have been in turmoil, falling drastically and bouncing back on the news that the US Feder...

After the American Century The Republicans have shown themselves to be reckless and irresponsible stewards of the economy, not just this tim...

After the American Century Some months ago I criticized the Bush Administration's decision to give money to taxpayers across the board, ...