Polls indicate that Americans would blame both Obama and Republicans if the government shuts down in two weeks.

Obama can follow the long tradition of U.S. presidents who turned from frustration at home to success abroad by resolving to conclude the World Trade Organization's Doha Round of global talks next year.

Republicans in Wisconsin and other states need to go the way of New Jersey and Virginia. Their leaders have seen that vast spending increases haven't generated jobs and tax hikes can choke economic recovery.If the press won't speak out, Republicans and Tea Partiers need to do it themselves.

Contrary to John Edwards's populist rhetoric, the United States performs more organ transplants per capita than countries with single-payer health care systems, with better outcomes.

The Committee believes there would be considerable potential benefit for the economy if shareholders were able more easily to elect directors who are committed to better corporate performance, but not if the result would merely be to facilitate the use of the election process by small groups of shareholders more interested in their personal causes than in the performance of the firm.

Organ transplantation, like many areas of medicine, provides a poor basis fora political thesis that single-payer health care offers a more equitable allocation of scarce resources.

Edward L. Golding remarks from 6/12/2002 "Are Fannie and Freddie Adequately Disclosing What Investors Need?" event.