By Foster Kamer 8/29/11 3:57pm

JOB CREATION?

Alan B. Kreuger

Who is Alan Krueger, Obama’s Newest Economic Advisor Pick?

New hires involving mere mortals handling the nation’s money problems emerged today; the one you didn’t hear of was Kathleen Weiss Hanley, who was named to the deputy post over at the SEC’s moderately shiny RiskFin division. It is both less important and shiny than that other announcement, wherein President Obama named Alan Krueger as his pick to chair the White House Council of Economic Advisors. Who is he, and what will he do? Read More

By The Editors 5/24/11 10:28pm

Editorial

Barack Obama: No Friend of Israel

In demanding that Israel retreat to its pre-1967 borders as a starting point for negotiations with the Palestinians, President Obama confirmed what many have suspected for some time: he is not a friend of Israel.

No friend, no true ally, would ask another state to put its very existence in jeopardy. But that is precisely Read More

By Steve Cohen 9/16/09 3:41pm

But Not a Drop to Drink: The Threat to America’s Drinking Water

For those of us who worked closely with environmental professionals during the eight years of the Bush Administration, we know that it was a time of declining resources and reduced political support for environmental regulation. It was demoralizing and more than a little scary. Last weekend an excellent piece of environmental reporting by the New Read More