American voters want more public services than they are willing to pay for. That is the country’s fiscal problem in one sentence. When it comes to public finance, the “live now, pay later” mentality that caused the economic collapse still prev…
From my new column for National Journal:
President Obama says he gets the message from Massachusetts. Expect a new focus on jobs and living standards. Expect fresh attention to overgrown public borrowing. The country’s pressing concerns, he says,…
According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, the American public is fed up with Congress, the country’s two main political parties, and the federal government.
The tension between U.S. policy and the desperation of many Haitians to leave their quake-struck country is spawning a debate over whether the government should let more in.
Reporting from Baghdad – Iraq’s president has asked the country’s Supreme Court to rule on the legality of a ban on hundreds of candidates in the upcoming elections, offering the first official challenge to a decision that could undermine the legiti…
Billionaire Sebastian Pinera won Chile’s presidency Sunday in the country’s first democratic election of a right-wing ruler in 52 years, and vowed to make Chile “the best country in the world.” Pinera’s triumph over former President Eduardo Frei end…