Edward Pinto, Wall Street Journal
All agree that the bursting of the housing bubble caused the financial collapse of 2008. Most agree that the housing bubble started in 1997. Less well understood is that this bubble was the result of government policies that lowered mortgage-lending standards to increase home ownership. One [...]
Today’s roundup of stimulus coverage:
There’s $4.35 billion in Race to the Top education grants, but the spoils may go to only a few winners. In what The Wall Street Journal calls “one of the most significant competitions” of the stimulus package, the number of states that will get a [...]
The House plan for ObamaCare that passed on Saturday contained a plethora of new and increased taxes, which the Americans for Tax Reform listed in an effort to make Americans aware of the burdensome cost of the bill. The Wall Street Journal reports today on one aspect of [...]
(Reuters) – The White House is looking to cut its budget deficit by using some unspent funds from the U.S. government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Members of the Obama administration are still debating the idea, the [...]
Shirley S. Wang | Wall Street Journal | Conventional wisdom holds that two parents are better than one. Scientists are now finding that growing up without a father actually changes the way your brain develops.
[...]Wall Street Journal Editorial Staff
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reportedly told fellow Democrats that she's prepared to lose seats in 2010 if that's what it takes to pass ObamaCare, and little wonder. The health bill she unwrapped last Thursday, which President Obama hailed as a "critical milestone," may well be the [...]
Wall Street Journal Editorial Staff
The White House disclosed the other day that the fiscal 2009 budget deficit clocked in at $1.4 trillion, amid the usual promises to do something about it. Yet even as budget director Peter Orszag was speaking, House Democrats were moving on a dozen spending bills [...]
Maryland Republican Party
