Election

The crafters over at Etsy.com, the site for all things handmade, have been busy making over the presidential candidates. Here, you can find Hillary Clinton’s simpering mug in a beaded, thumb-sized pillow, as Warhol-inspired bottle-cap art, inside collages, or as a voodoo doll and more.

If the number of goods is any indication, Barack Obama has [...]

Americans are drowning in debt like never before, yet the big, ugly “d” word has been of little issue in this election. Still, policymakers are way behind on creating credit reform, both from a consumer and fiscal standpoint. After all, consumers are in way over their heads, with delinquencies and defaults rising by double-digit percentages [...]

When  I woke up on Super Tuesday, primary results were already coming in, and a prominent national media expert was on TV discussing the outcomes that were unfolding.

No, I didn’t sleep in: I’m in Thailand, thirteen hours ahead, visiting family, and that commentator was Suthichai Yoon, the group editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Nation, the [...]

A Newsweek poll out Friday afternoon had the GOP race among likely Iowa caucus goers:

Mike Huckabee: 39 percent
Mitt Romney: 17
Fred Thompson: 10
Rudy Giuliani: 9
Ron Paul: 8
John McCain: 6

If this is right, it’s mighty impressive. This poll had a large sample, was taken Wednesday and Thursday by the most tried and trusted methodology (human telephone interviews) [...]