Of the suggestion that Senator Joseph Lieberman will up and leave the Democratic Party for good, thereby handing control of the Senate to the Republicans, two points must be emphasized up front.
One is how exceedingly unlikely it is that Mr. Lieberman will actually pull the trigger on a party switch, even if he did Read More
Consider the mere possibility of this at your own risk, but there is some speculation that Senator Lincoln Chafee, who some think is mounting a late seat-saving charge in Rhode Island, might bid in victory bid adieu to the Republican Party – potentially giving the Democrats their 51st seat even if they fall short Read More
The cameramen gathered outside the P.C. Richard & Son appliance store on 14th Street were already griping. It was Memorial Day, and they were waiting for Senator Charles Schumer, who was disturbing their beach-and-barbecue day to talk about air conditioners.
Once Mr. Schumer arrived, he set about decrying President George W. Bush’s efforts to roll Read More
Back in the early 1960′s, when passage of the Interest
Equalization Tax made it clear that a fair piece of Wall Street’s
investment-banking business would move offshore, Lehman Brothers decided to
prepare itself for the nascent globalization (a term not then coined) of
finance. As a firm especially well-known for its “Oil Patch” connections and Read More
Maybe sometime in the near future, recently installed New York Post editor Col Allan will wander out of his office in the Sixth Avenue newsroom and grandly pronounce his plans for the tabloid. To date, he hasn’t done that. And until then, the Post’s representatives say, the newspaper will have to speak for Mr. Allan. Read More
For politicians who talk
loudly and often about “character,” Republicans have made mostly a poor display
of that quality since Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords left their ranks. Certain
Republican Senators quickly sought to blame Mr. Jeffords’ courageous decision
on hatchet-wielding associates of the President, while those White House
operatives just as quickly tried to place Read More
The cameramen gathered outside the P.C. Richard & Son appliance store on 14th Street were already griping. It was Memorial Day, and they were waiting for Senator Charles Schumer, who was disturbing their beach-and-barbecue day to talk about air conditioners.
Once Mr. Schumer arrived, he set about decrying President George W. Bush’s efforts to roll Read More
