by Maureen Turner | Feb 11, 2013 | News
On Jan. 29, 2009, nine days after he was inaugurated for his first term, Barack Obama signed off on the first new law of his presidency: the Lilly Ledbetter Act, which made it easier for American workers to pursue unequal pay complaints. “It is fitting that with...
by Our Readers | Mar 11, 2013 | News
Are We Stuck? If China can modernize by being more capitalistic, we can modernize by being more socialistic. I love the “Democracy at work” movement. We all like democracy, right? Why not give subsidies to worker-owned and -run businesses? How about the...
by Maureen Turner | Feb 11, 2013 | News
By last week, the already truncated campaign season to fill John Kerry’s recently vacated Senate seat was beginning to feel shorter by the moment, as the GOP struggled to find a candidate to compete in the June 25 special election. Indeed, as the Republicans...
by Maureen Turner | Mar 18, 2013 | News
Remember the old days, when we had election seasons and then fallow periods, when politicians could take a break from campaigning and fundraising and, oh, say, do the work of government? The 24-hour news cycle, and the accompanying interests of advertisers and ad...
by Stephanie Kraft | Feb 11, 2013 | News
John Kerry brings more to the post of Secretary of State than a willingness to be a presidential administration’s mouthpiece. His passion for foreign affairs has been lifelong. In delivering the class oration when he graduated from Yale in 1966, Kerry, the son...
