Commentary

By Damir Marusic • Jan 21,2009

Irony or Foolhardy Optimism?

I’m not sure if Brad DeLong is kidding here: The inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama as the 44th president of the United States of America offers the possibility of the...

By David Donadio • Jan 21,2009

The Clintons get to keep on raising foreign money

The Wall Street Journal wrote over a week ago that the Clintons were getting a sweetheart deal from the Obama administration, which allows them to keep on fund-raising from interested...

By AF Editors • Jan 21,2009

Obama & Roberts take a mulligan

This evening, the Chief Justice re-administered the oath of office to the President.

By David Donadio • Jan 21,2009

This time with pictures

Finally added some pictures to my inauguration post. Here’s the Washington Post’s take: At least 4,000 people with coveted blue or purple tickets to the presidential inauguration were blocked from...

By David Donadio • Jan 20,2009

We could use some of that hope and change right about now…

Bloomberg reports that U.S. stocks have just suffered the worst inauguration day drop in 112 years: Jan. 20 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks sank, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to...