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  • 5 Ways to Get Votes and Infuriate the Opposition

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) knows how to preach to the choir, as does Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX ). Months into their freshmen terms, both Warren and Cruz have emerged as stalwarts—if not the intellectual...

  • The "Trading Places" Budget Debate--Director's Cut

    By Bruce Bartlett, The Fiscal Times

    For economists, one of the greatest scenes in the history of film is at the end of the 1983 picture, “Trading Places.” It helps Bruce Bartlett explain today’s congressional budget debate. In the...

  • Vladimir Putin’s 21 Most Provocative Quotes

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    Never mind Bashar al-Assad, Syria’s diabolical dictator: Consider this combustible quote on Wednesday from Syria’s staunchest ally, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, writing in The New York Times ,...

  • Obama at War with His Own Argument over Syria

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    President Obama’s case for punishing Syria for the use of chemical weapons is at war with itself. Supporters will applaud the nuanced reasoning in his prime time White House address on Tuesday night...

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin

    Would You Buy a Used Car from Putin the ‘Peacenik'?

    By Eric Pianin

    Lawmakers are pondering the unthinkable now: Trusting Vladimir Putin. Just a few weeks ago, the surly Russian president was a Super Bowl ring-stealing kleptocrat who offered safe haven to National...