Geopolitical – Week of 2.15.09

By Pam Martens Last evening, the U.S. Senate Banking Committee made the unexpected announcement that it was postponing the confirmation hearing of Stanley Fischer to

By Shobhana Chandra and Timothy R. Homan Purchases of U.S. new homes fell in May to the lowest level on record after a tax credit

Congressman Paul Broun (R-Ga) also spoke of a “socialistic elite” – Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid – who might

By Howard Berkes It was a Third World scene with an American setting. Hundreds of tired and desperate people crowded around an aid worker with