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The Independent Agenda Is on Hiatus 3 Jun 2013 | 08:08 pm
Two years ago this month, The Independent Agenda launched, just in time for the debt-limit crisis that caused Standard & Poor’s to strip the U.S. of its AAA credit rating. Then came the run-up to the ...
What the Obama Presidency Really Means 30 May 2013 | 07:06 pm
President Obama is still in the first year of his second term and a lot will happen between now and 2016, but we already can glimpse what his legacy will be. As I’ve written, the trio of scandals tha...
The Recovery Has Legs, But Not for Everyone 29 May 2013 | 08:38 pm
On Tuesday came the astonishing news that the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price had its biggest increase in seven years. The gains were across the board—existing housing, new housing, buildi...
Climate Change Skeptics “Win” as Earth Warms 28 May 2013 | 07:55 pm
Amid all the talk about scandals in Washington, the most important news story of the year has been nearly overlooked. As Justin Gillis of The New York Times reported a couple of weeks ago, the level ...
A Century Later, Big Questions about the Income Tax and the Fed 23 May 2013 | 09:01 pm
This year we celebrate—if that’s the word for it—the 100th anniversary of the federal income tax and the founding of the Federal Reserve system. They were born in 1913 through the 16th Amendment to t...
So Far, Obama Has a Pretty Clean Record 22 May 2013 | 06:25 am
If you listen to Fox News and Republican congressmen, you’d think that the Obama administration is a cesspool of Chicago-style corruption. And indeed the confluence of Benghazi, the IRS’s political p...
Much, Much Worse Than Benghazi 21 May 2013 | 06:28 am
The very worst disaster ever to befall U.S. diplomats and military in a foreign country did not occur in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, when four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens...
Worse Than Benghazi 20 May 2013 | 07:02 pm
Yes, the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate (or CIA station) in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012 was a disaster—and badly handled by the State Department beforehand and the Obama Administrat...
Why President Obama Will Survive the Scandals 17 May 2013 | 01:19 am
On Wednesday, President Obama struck back against a rising chorus of criticism in Congress and the media over his handling of a trio of scandals that have rocked Washington. He announced that Treasur...
AP Scandal Shows Dangers of National Security State 15 May 2013 | 10:14 pm
So, now we have the third in what has become a perfect storm of scandals for the Obama Administration. After Benghazi and the IRS’s political profiling of conservative groups for special scrutiny of ...
