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Former CENTCOM Commander on Iraq: May 2004

…has been the ad hoc organization we threw in there. No one can tell me the Coalition Provisional Authority had any planning for its structure. * *And that ad hoc…

Canadian Content

…always a majority: The Liberals and New Democrats signed an agreement on Monday to form an unprecedented coalition government, with a written pledge of support from the Bloc Québécois, if…

Guantanamo release

…was part of or supporting Taliban or al Qaeda forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners. This includes any person…

Inflation and interest groups in the Carter Years

…interests of other Americans. By contrast, it was relatively easy for Ronald Reagan to assemble a coalition built around lower taxes and inflation that started with the well-off but expanded…

Hope for Homeowners hedging terms

…Financial that sent similar letters, but he declined to identify them. Told about the letters, John Taylor, the president of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a consumer advocacy group in…

Note on student loans

…loans that banks issue outside the government system of federal subsidies. That authority was opposed last week by a coalition of 13 groups, including the American Association of State Colleges…

IN COVENTRY designation on the sidebar

Please note that any name in the jail has lost the right to participate in Angry Bear discussions, as agreed by a coalition of left, center, and right groups on…

Meme of The Day: "Bond Vigilantes"

…president and Congress may ignore the markets and enact expensive new tax and spending programs anyway. We’ve been through this fight before in the 1980s. Back then, Wall Street economist,…

Infrastructure – the next big deal?

…infrastructure investment. Ed Rendell, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Bloomberg, the political juggernauts in Pennsylvania, California and New York City respectively, have launched a coalition to make infrastructure a national priority….