Economy

Don't Walk By volunteers reach out to the homeless on a New York City subway platform.

Don’t walk by

Compassion |  Homeless ministries complete project to canvass every block in Manhattan, as new numbers show homelessness in New York reaching record highs

President Obama speaks to reporters on March 1 about sequestration.

White House hysteria

Politics |  Republicans continue to call the Obama administration’s bluff on the so-called ‘devastating list of horribles’ caused by sequestration

A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.

Dollars and Sense: How did we fare in February?

Money |  February fades. When you consider everything we’ve been through, February ended better than we had a right to expect. When you consider the fiscal cliff…

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

Ryan's hope

Economy |  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is looking beyond Friday and the beginning of the sequestration. In an interview I conducted with him on…

President Obama gestures while speaking about the sequester in Newport News, Va., Tuesday.

Doom, gloom, and … yawn

Congress |  As President Obama issues dire warnings about Friday’s sequester, lawmakers say their constituents are mostly unfazed

Storm clouds gather over South Dakota's Badlands.

Who’s afraid of the big bad sequester?

Economy |  The sky is falling because the sky is not falling. That’s what The Washington Post is selling today. First sentence in its front-page story: “The U.S.

Washington, D.C.

Where servants have higher salaries than their masters

Government |  What if the Downton Abbey servants had higher incomes than the Crawleys? That’s the looking-glass world of Washington, D.C., where “public servants”

Secretary of State John Kerry

Midday Roundup: Defending your right to be stupid

Newsworthy |  Stupid is as stupid does. Secretary of State John Kerry, traveling overseas for the first time in his new role, declared himself a strong supporter of freedom…

A man prepares to gas up his truck for $3.79 a gallon at an Exxon station in El Dorado, Ark., Wednesday.

Dollars and Sense: Gas prices, real estate recovery, stock market stalls, and Europe decline

Money |  Pinch at the pump. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline hit $3.78 on Thursday, according to AAA. That number represents a 15 cent jump in the…

President Obama, with a group of first responders behind him, speaks Tuesday on the upcoming sequestration.

Obscuring obvious overspending

Economy |  At the end of 1995 and stretching into January 1996, the federal government "shut down" because of an impasse between President Bill Clinton and House…

A sign outside an Indiana restaurant thanks Gov. Mitch Daniels for his service.

Government gives back

Government |  Indiana taxpayers look forward to rebates made possible by curtailed state spending

Bethany Farrar with one of her wreaths

Crafting a new industrial revolution

Culture |  When Bethany Farrar decided last year to expand her custom wreath-making business, Sweet Georgia Sweet, she opened a shop on Etsy.com—the go-to website for…

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