Business Pundit

We the people of the United States of America are a very fickle people. We like to worship our celebrities. But we also like to tear down those celebrities and harshly judge them when they mess up. We also like to forgive them… if they… Read more

Donald Trump is making some scary headway in the polls during this early, early presidential election season. But does he think he’s the only rich guy that could run? Here now are ten other rich dudes who could buy and sell you and would… Read more

Each year, lobbying groups in Washington spend billions of dollars trying to buy influence. Corporations, special-interest groups, unions, and single-interest groups like the NRA — all of them have poured money into efforts to shape laws and… Read more

You make the laws. You control the military, police force, trade policies, tax rates, and most facets of everyday life in the country you rule. Being a politician is certainly a power trip. But for many politicians, power isn’t enough. They go… Read more

Ah, political parties, like a pimple on the face of America right before a prom. Oh, you can treat it, but the big ones never really go away and the little ones are just as annoying. Here is a countdown to 10 groups that are slowly destroying… Read more

In honor of President’s Day, we’ve listed 25 of the best President’s Day quotes we could find below. Each quote comes from the mouth or pen of a US president. 1. I know only two tunes: one of them is ‘Yankee Doodle’, and the other one isn’t…. Read more

President Obama is slated to meet with software captains of industry this evening. The most notable players include Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Eric Schmidt. A lot of media commentary seems to be treating this as a celeb gathering, or some… Read more

The 2011 Obama budget is out. It proposes far-reaching government spending cuts, lower oil and gas subsidies, and higher fees to reduce the deficit. Bloomberg BusinessWeek has the details: The poor would receive less help paying their heating… Read more

The national natural gas pipeline network. Image: Department of Energy Information February 9, 2011: A natural gas explosion in Allentown, PA damages eight rowhouses and kills at least one person. January 24, 2011: A natural gas pipeline… Read more

Image: Upstate NYer/Wikimedia How can the government support entrepreneurship? There’s no easy answer to this question. People have written books on the topic for years, but it’s anyone’s guess as to who is right. The Obama administration’s… Read more

Image: pepemczolz/Flickr In a new effort to trim the fat from Americans, the USDA and Dept. of Health and Human Services have released new dietary guidelines today. With its admonition to increase exercise and reduce calories, it embraces… Read more

“(The financial crisis) was a fundamental disruption–a financial upheaval, if you will–that wreaked havoc in communities and neighborhoods across this country.” I’ll say! If you’re wondering what’s inside the Financial Crisis Inquiry… Read more

Yesterday’s State of the Union was a nicely written piece, full of buzzwords and encouragement. To get a better sense of what Obama was really saying about business and the economy, I sifted through the political-marketing smokescreen to try to… Read more

Update: I thought about this some more after reading your comments. Here’s my revised take. Some delusional dimwit with a gun went on a shooting rampage yesterday, killing three seniors, one third grader and three others, and shooting… Read more