Weekly Jobless Claims Down
Data also distorted by Hurricane Sandy
Economics
Chances for Compromise on "Fiscal Cliff" Low After Indecisive Election
The electorate sent back the same bunch of politicians who haven't been able to agree over the last two years
Ex-Soviet European States Feeling Neglected By Obama
Some of the Eastern and Central European countries haven't been feeling the love recently
Boehner Calls For Fiscal Cliff Down Payment
Says House Republicans will not accept tax hikes
Merkel: E.U. Will Become More Federalized
But says there are other things to worry about at the moment
E.U. Auditors Claim Five Billion Euros Were Wasted From Budgets
Message to politicians: must try harder
Can the GOP Embrace Hispanics and Small Government at the Same Time?
The Republican coroners dissecting Mitt Romney's campaign will likely submit competing diagnoses for what ultimately did him in, but at this point many of them seem to agree that the GOP's refusal to court Hispanics is a top contender.
Looting Widely Reported in Regions Affected by Sandy
Something else Chris Matthews may be happy about
Some Stocks Expected to Surge Thanks to Obama Reelection
Despite falling stock markets, some stand to gain
Independent Spending Had Little Impact on Election Results
Can folks just stop shrieking about Citizens United?
The Transformation of Families
We aren't really witnessing "the end of men," but we may be seeing the start of something new.
Calif. Prop. to Restrict Campaign Donations, Union Deductions Defeated
If union members want to fight their leadership, they'll have to do it themselves
Thinly Disguised Measure to Restrict Political Freedom Fails, Better Disguised Measure to Restrict Sexual Freedom Passes
Proposition 32 loses, Proposition 35 wins.
Opponents of Virginia's Eminent Domain Initiative Made the Best Case for It
Making life easier for government is not a good reason to infringe individual rights.
19 Subsidized Green Energy Firms Have Gone Under
Combined, they've received $2.6 billion in government assistance
Argentina Battles U.S. Court Decision in Favor of Creditors
Like a lot of governments, the Argentine one sucks at paying its bills
America Is Still Hurtling Towards the Fiscal Cliff
It's time to bring meaningful reforms to America's unaffordable and outdated entitlement programs.
Libertarian Legal Theorist Randy Barnett on "The Mistake That is The Libertarian Party"
Libertarian intellectual and Georgetown professor of law Randy Barnett - one of the architects of the legal challenges to Obamacare - writes in today's Wall Street Journal that if you care about liberty, you should vote for the Republicans.
Future Storms Like Superstorm Sandy Could Bankrupt States
Some state governments are so far into the insurance business that they could be bankrupted by storm claims
Crony Capitalist Endorses Barack Obama
Rapper Jay Z profited from eminent domain abuse in Brooklyn.
In Sandy's Aftermath, New Yorkers Innovate To Make a Buck
Keep the regulators out of the way and human spirit triumphs
Men Arrested for "Hoarding" Gasoline
Otherwise known as buying a couple of gallons for your friends
Light Trading on Wall Street Day Before the Election
Tenterhooks. Everybody is on tenterhooks.
