Fairness.

It was a big question in last night's State of the Union Address. And President Obama was pretty clear about who he thinks is getting the raw end of the deal. ... continue reading »

President Obama tonight in his State of the Union is expected to announce a new era of American energy. He’ll claim credit for the jump in oil production and try to commandeer authorship of the natural gas boom as well.

But the facts tell a different story.

Once you look at the record, you realize the energy boom happened in spite of the Obama administration, not because of it... continue reading »

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman made public his letter to the President, in which he calls for Obama to end his class warfare rhetoric and appeal to all voters today. Cooperman, below, makes the point that the President’s comments are divisive at a time we can least afford it. The chairman of Omega Advisors was a one-time Goldman Sachs asset management chief.

What do you think? Leave your comments below!... continue reading »

We all know campaigns are about promising lofty goals to the voters - telling them what they want to hear. And when these people get elected - for whatever reason - many of these promises just don't get carried out... continue reading »

Every once in a while one of President Obama's speeches really comes home to you - that happened to me today.

The president is pushing his plan to grow jobs at a bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio - one that I have probably crossed hundreds of times - that links Ohio with Kentucky.

He says the bridge needs to be replaced - and should be fixed as part of his $447 billion plan to fix the country's deep jobs crisis... continue reading »

It was the question House Speaker John Boehner posed at the start of his press conference this morning, but, frankly, who isn't asking that question today? The June jobs report isn't just disappointing, it's a disaster. We expected fewer public sector jobs. Much of the spike in government work came from the stimulus spending plus the bloat in public sector hiring of the early 2000s... continue reading »

For any journalist or news junkie for that matter, the Friday before a long holiday weekend is typically the time that you brace for a big story to break... continue reading »

The Obama's solution for every problem: Form a commission! That's what the President did with the jobs problem - he formed a jobs council packed with high-profile CEOs - just the folks who should know a thing or two about expanding payroll. But here's the problem - many of them have been CUTTING jobs in their own companies, not expanding them... continue reading »

Take a close look at those housing numbers out today - and you'll begin to understand how deep the housing crisis really is. U.S. single-family home prices dropped in March to fall below the low hit in April 2009 - that was right smack dab in the middle of the financial crisis. In other words - as I've been saying - we really are facing a double dip in housing prices... continue reading »

The rally in downtown Manhattan commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire is sure to get lots of media attention today.

The fire killed 146 workers and the tragedy spurred the creation of a myriad federal agencies to make sure nothing like that ever happened again. Union activists were also expected to use the event as a forum for criticizing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and others who are attempting to reign in the exhorbitant costs of union pay and benefit packages --the costs of which is bankrupting state budgets across the country... continue reading »