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Mixed Holiday Cheer

I’m a sap for the holidays.

Most of us are.

More or Less?

Aside from the pompous posturing on healthcare and faux frenzy over climate change, nothing has captured more Capitol Hill ink than the economy.

It’s Payback Time

And then there were none.

Of the 19 major U.S. banks to take the bulk of the TARP bailout, only Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Citigroup had yet to repay the taxpayers.

A Big Lump of Coal

He’s making a list.

He’s checking twice.

Bankers will get their bonuses whether they are naughty or nice.

Head Case

Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical. — Yogi Berra While the comic calculus of Yogi’s psychological mathematics may be...

Bail Away

When the federal government started handing out billions to banks to save their bacon, millions of everyday Americans asked, “Where’s mine?” Now that...

The Newest Gold Standard

It’s a harbinger.

It’s a hedge.

It’s been a helluva wild ride.

It may not over.

Crashing the Gate

The President is hosting job faire.

Major employers from Boeing and FedEx to AT&T and Pfizer will be setting up kiosks in the White House Rose Garden. They’ll be laying out brochures and handing out embossed business cards that say “call me.”

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

If you watch daytime television, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

It doesn’t matter whether it’s Dr. Phil or Jerry Springer. The viewing public has a ceaseless fascination with the phenomena of toxic relationships.

Castles in the Sand

It’s been called Hong Kong of the Middle East.

Like Singapore or Monaco, it’s one the world’s last city-states.