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Throughout the rich world battle lines are being drawn in the coming fight over deficit reductionWHEN friends go out to dinner, the convivial atmosphere can be shattered once the waiter brings the bill. A pleasant evening can descend into a dispute about

A bumper crop of CEO politicians are campaigning to run the country like a bottom-line business.

When the crisis started, governments helped save the world economy. Now they are the problemLAST year it was banks; this year it is countries. The economic crisis, which seemed to have eased off in the latter part of 2009, is once again in full swing as t

Coffee aficionados have been asking the question over and over again: is Portland's Stumptown coffee, the most conspicuous exponent of Coffee's "Third Wave," the new Starbucks?

Andrew Rawnsley's political vivisectionThe End of the Party: the Rise and Fall of New Labour. By Andrew Rawnsley. Viking; 802 pages; GBP25. Buy from Amazon.co.ukLABOUR under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown has ruled Britain for longer than any non-Conservativ

The lesson of Massachusetts isn’t to split the difference—it’s to lead.

The president’s habit of telling untruths

The savers hit by Obama’s proposed healthcare tax provide the largest volume of funds to finance investment in our economy.

Via Politico, I see that Vice President Joe Biden is headed to Ohio to raise money for Rep. Steve Driehaus, a Democrat who opposes abortion rights. As you may recall, Driehaus was one of Rep. Bart Stupak's (D-Mich) biggest supporters during the fight ove

California's Jerry Brown thinks it'll take a former governor to get the downtrodden Golden State back on track.

The Obama administration has embarked on a high-stakes gamble: devoting billions of dollars to an expansion of nuclear power in the hope of winning Republican votes for a climate bill. But in its eagerness to drum up bipartisan support for one of the hard

The former vice-president has a plan to ensure his legacy: the political future of his daughter Liz.

In the history of product launches, the rollout of the Obama Administration’s plan to stabilize the financial system was in the category of “Ishtar,” smokeless cigarettes, and New Coke. On February 10th of last year, the newly appointed Treasury Sec

Democrats nervous about voting for health-care reform should look back to lessons of the 1994 crime bill.

New York Democratic Rep. Eric Massa, the subject of a harassment complaint by a male staffer, is stepping down from his seat, The Associated Press has learned