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There's much to be admired in the bloc of Midwestern Senators known to prioritize manfacturing interests swinging to support green jobs and clean energy policies. They have a lot of suggestions that, if included, would improve energy and trade policy for the whole country.

As I learned in a public junior high school, the old Greek tragedies were always about the wealthy and powerful, the mighty, the strong, the great. Sophocles didn't write anything like 'Death of a Salesman,' so far as we know. It was natural that life should suck, and suck mightily, for the toiling masses, and only noteworthy when things got terrible for the lucky few.

From a New York Times report on ongoing talks between the State of California, General Electric and various parties in China on a contract to develop a high-speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles, possible extending to Anaheim and San Diego in the future:

Shortly before 3 AM this morning, I watched a press conference held by Kevin Stricklin of the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Mr.

There's a term for what the trade policies now practiced by the Chinese government, practices that Dave Johnson correctly noted are hurting the whole world's economy for what will ultimately prove to be a temporary advantage for China if the economies of their trading partners should more fully col

One of the hardest things about training people for combat is that human beings are normally strongly averse, to put it mildly, to killing each other, or even being indirectly responsible for someone's death.

This just in, yesterday: the pro-aristocracy Peter G. Peterson foundation is holding a deficit summit in Washington, DC, to highlight the terrible dangers of the government spending money in a recession.

The debate over what to do about Chinese government currency manipulation often hinges on whether you're being talked to as a consumer or a worker. Most likely, you're both--or were, or are planning to be--and you know that if you want to boost your standard of living, you have to either buy cheaper or earn more.