The problem wasn't that John McCain said, "The fundamentals of the economy are strong" as Wall Street was imploding last week. ...more

September 21, 2008

Carly Fiorina, the woman John McCain sent out to defend Sarah Palin and rip anyone who calls her a tabula rasa on foreign policy and the economy, admitted Tuesday that Palin was not capable of running Hewlett-Packard. ...more

September 21, 2008

Ailing bank Washington Mutual Inc. appeared headed toward a sale Wednesday after a major investor removed a potential stumbling block and nervous banking regulators began approaching the most logical buyers. ...more

September 18, 2008

a pat on the back, some encouraging words, and maybe dinner or a sleepover with friends. ...more

September 7, 2008

Freddie Mac talked to investors this week about possibly buying its stock to raise much-needed capital but billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he passed on an opportunity to help the troubled mortgage giant. ...more

August 23, 2008

Not since Iago and Othello obsessed on the comely Cassio, not since Richard of Gloucester killed his two nephews, not since Nixon and Johnson glowered at the glittering JFK, has there been such an unseemly outpouring of boy envy. ...more

August 8, 2008

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Barack Obama must continue to grovel to Hillary Clinton's dead-enders, some of whom mutter darkly that they will not only not vote for him, they will never vote for a man again. ...more

August 5, 2008

Several Bennigan's restaurants in the Bay area closed suddenly today amid reports of the restaurant chain shutting its doors nationwide. ...more

July 29, 2008

This is how John Davis became a slave: He was walking one evening from the train depot in Goodwater, Ala., when a white man appeared in the road. "Nigger," he demanded, "have you got any money?" ...more

July 25, 2008

Florida's tomato farmers were not to blame for the salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,200 people this summer, but they have suffered the brunt of the economic consequences. They want compensation for their estimated $100 million in losses, and they deserve it. ...more

July 25, 2008