Economy Jul 08 LeBron’s Big Choice: The Dollars and Cents of His Next Host City Thursday night at 9:00 p.m. EST LeBron James will come down from Mount Basketball with an announcement. After months of deliberation, James, the 26-year-old NBA All-Star, will reveal to the world what many are waiting to hear: which of the…
Politics Jul 08 Unexpected Economic Consequences in Arizona’s Immigration Law No one doubted Arizona's new immigration law was going to have far-reaching repercussions - in areas ranging from law enforcement to unemployment. But as its implementation date approaches, some communities in the state are feeling new pains where their…
Economy Jul 05 Across Patchwork Nation, Harsh Economic Realities Hit Home For those hoping for a quick economic turnaround, the last few weeks have been a cold splash of water in the face. A string of bad housing reports and bad unemployment news have even optimistic economic forecasters…
Politics Jul 01 The Changing Face of the Tea Party _pap_embed_custom('news01s4110qed4',482,304,""); Six months into the 2010 primary season, the most-discussed new force in American politics, the tea party movement, remains something of a mystery. Wins by Republicans with tea party backing such as Rand Paul and Sharron Angle in…
Politics Jun 29 Patchwork Nation: Gun Shop Locales and Legal Challenges On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms applies to state and local gun control laws. And on Tuesday the overwhelming reaction was, now what? The ruling lacked specifics and…
Economy Jun 24 Economic Hardship Index Holds Some Good News; Housing Concerns Persist Turning on an economic recovery is not like turning on a light. Numbers improve and then, slowly, people begin to feel better and start to spend. In 2010 that means for any real economic improvement to have an impact on…
Politics Jun 16 Is Gulf Disaster a Political Problem for Obama? Yes, But Not Everywhere Somewhere in the 50-plus days that raw crude has been spewing from a hole in the floor of the ocean, the Gulf oil spill became a political problem for the White House. But the problems for the president aren't the…
Politics Jun 09 In Tuesday’s Primaries, Three Messages From Three States _pap_embed_custom('news01s4071qed4',482,304,""); If you are looking for a unified theme out of Tuesday's round of primaries, good luck. In states holding the biggest votes of the night there were decidedly different storylines and lessons. The tea party movement had…
Economy Jun 07 Positive Signs in the Housing Market? Tamp Down That Excitement Measuring the health of the U.S. economy continues to be a dodgy game. Witness last week's job numbers that were nowhere as good as many had hoped. But a more complicated measure of improvement may be the U.S. housing…
Science Jun 04 Patchwork Nation: Views From Baton Rouge on the Oil Leak Of all the startling numbers out of the Gulf oil spill story, the most interesting one may be this: zero. That is the number of calls out of the Louisiana State legislature for any freeze on drilling in the Gulf.