We're beginning to get a look at what happens when the subject of unemployment comes up at the White House. It ain't…
Maybe it depends on where home is. It's not where I am. I'm to the left of Obama. Quite a bit. When…
Unemployment is up. Joblessness has increased for African Americans. Black women are being hit especially hard. The question now is whether the…
Thomas Friedman was on a roll last week, putting forward one sweeping declaration after another – as he is wont to do.…
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Returning from the sunny climes of Hawaii to the nation's still frigid capital, President Obama will, over the next couple of months,…
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Thomas Friedman has my empathy, as in I feel for you bro. I think he really is alarmed. He just got back…
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