Economy: Stubbornly high unemployment isn't the only thing ailing this recovery. Inflation keeps rising even as growth stagnates, raising the specter of 1970s-style "stagflation." The word had been banished from the economic lexicon for decades. But as t

California: Taking a break from leading his city down the path of economic decline, the mayor of Los Angeles lectures the state on how to squeeze more tax revenue out of business. Given his track record, Antonio Villaraigosa hardly seems the one to give

Unions: An Ohio contractor was wounded by gunfire Wednesday by a shadowy man vandalizing his SUV with union threats. Where's Washington's outrage at such lawlessness? Had King Electrical Services owner John King been shot by, say, a Tea Partyer, there'd

Economy: With the Obama stimulus fully exposed as a failure of galactic proportions, columnist Paul Krugman has unveiled his Plan B: space aliens. Too bad White House policy also remains on another planet. From now on, every time New York Times columnist

Big Government: The lie at the heart of the European Union has been exposed this week as its leaders, worried about a monetary collapse, have pushed a new plan to make its government even bigger and more centralized. This is what caused the EU's problems

Scandal: As guns funneled by the ATF into Mexico continue to show up at crime scenes, three key supervisors of an operation that resulted in the deaths of two U.S. agents get moved up instead of fired. Considering the unmitigated disaster that came from

Blame Game: In his inaugural address 2 1/2 years ago, President Obama called for a "new era of responsibility." Yet lately, his main goal in life seems to be escaping any responsibility for the lousy economy. It's getting so you have to keep a list of ev

Scandal: The Cook County Assessor's office appears to have no record of any tax being paid on a property transfer between a future convicted felon and a future president in possible violation of Illinois law. To hear President Obama tell it, Tony Rezko w

Failed Policy: The Obama administration's jobs plan was based on a greening of the economy. But the green jobs aren't materializing, a fact driven home by the recent bankruptcy of a solar power company. During the 2008 campaign, candidate Barack Obama sa

Subprime scandal: Despite publicly hinting at privatizing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the White House secretly intends for the toxic twins to keep playing a major role in the mortgage industry. Knock us over with a feather. Like Hill Democrats, who studi