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'The Presidents' Club': 10 stories about relationships between American presidents

From Truman to Obama, 10 stories of friendships and feuds between US presidents.
5 of America's best presidential losers

From Scott Farris's book 'Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation,' here are five candidates who missed out on the Oval Office but still made their mark on US history.
Gallery: Presidential vacations
Gallery: Supreme Court Justices with no prior judicial experience

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The Circle Bastiat
Herbert Hoover's bad rap

Though Roosevelt gets credit for saving the nation, Hoover was far from a 'do-nothing president.'
'The Presidents' Club': 10 stories about relationships between American presidents

From Truman to Obama, 10 stories of friendships and feuds between US presidents.
The Simple Dollar
Community resources are there to save you money

Community parks and programs are an almost unlimited source of entertainment, at little to no cost.
Obama’s reelection campaign moves into high gear

Like all first-term presidents, Barack Obama has been running for reelection since the day he took office. But recent days have seen a flurry of activity, including the unleashing of Vice President Joe Biden.
Global News Blog
Sarkozy pledges to 'save European way of life'

Six weeks ahead of elections, French President Nicolas Sarkozy is seeking to appeal to far right voters by vowing to crack down on immigration to France. 
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Does America need a CEO in the Oval Office?

Mitt Romney has been both vaunted and vilified for his business background. Here's how running a corporation really compares to running a country.
FDR and Chief Justice Hughes

The overlooked story of the hardworking justice who stood up to one of America's most popular presidents – and won a victory for posterity.
Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right

How we got to this grim pass in our political and economic system
5 of America's best presidential losers

From Scott Farris's book 'Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation,' here are five candidates who missed out on the Oval Office but still made their mark on US history.
Robert Reich
The rise of the regressive Right and the reawakening of America

A fundamental war has been waged in this nation since its founding, between progressive forces pushing us forward and regressive forces pulling us backward. But whenever privilege and power conspire to pull us backward, the nation eventually rallies and moves forward.
Debt talks and tax cuts: Save young Americans from slavery

Young Americans like me can't 'win the future' saddled with debt. But there's a formula that works. Reagan cut taxes and the US saw economic growth, lower unemployment, and higher revenues. Let's do that again.
Robert Reich
Budget cuts pour gas on Republican flame

The coming debate over spending cuts has nothing to do with reviving the economy.
The Vote
President Obama on 'Mythbusters': Will his death ray work?

President Obama's episode of Mythusters, aimed at getting teens interested in science and math, airs Wednesday night on the Discovery Channel.
Decoder Wire
The 'lame duck' Congress: an uninspired history

The 'lame duck' Congress begins work this week. Sometimes, these post-election legislative periods are do-nothing disasters.
Robert Reich
The Republican plan: an anemic economy through election day 2012

Republicans have no intention of stimulating the economy. They want it to fix itself. Of course, that didn't work during the Great Depression.
Stefan Karlsson
Secondary deflation and the wisdom of Fed intervention

There's a strong case to be made for battling secondary deflation – the fall in prices that can occur when people try to liquidate too much debt.
Robert Reich
Corrections and amplifications: On Andrew Mellon, Sebastian Mallaby, and General Motors

Robert Reich responds to critiques of his columns and his latest book, Aftershock.
Robert Reich
Republican 'tough love' economics: Social Darwinism for the 21st century

Like Herbert Hoover's treasury secretary, House Minority Leader John Boehner thinks tough-love spending cuts will end the recession. It didn't work in 1929 and it won't work today. What it will do is hurt the poorest even more.
The Daily Reckoning
August recap: misguided gratitude for government stimulus

Government economists claim the economy would be worse without their stimulus package. We'll never know.
Robert Reich
A one-and-a-half dip recession?

The only economic indicators not down are inventories and defaults on loans. Is the President and Congress doing enough to promote growth?
Gallery: Presidential vacations
LeBron James: Where's the outrage about his salary?

At a time when 15 million Americans have no job at all, we should be indignant about pro athletes like LeBron James earning more than $15 million a year.
The Daily Reckoning
G20 meddlers at it again

The message emphasized throughout the G20 Summit was to cut government deficits in half by 2013 and stabilize the ratio of dept to GDP by 2016. But at the rate we're going, is it possible?
G20: Paving the way for a new Great Depression?

At the G20 summit in Toronto, world leaders agreed to halve deficits in three years. At least one prominent economist says spending, not cuts, is what's needed.
The Daily Reckoning
Government spending and the façade of a successful economy

May's dismal consumer spending numbers could be an early sign that the government's stimulus funding has been unsuccessful in boosting the economy.