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8:08 AM, Nov 17, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

Bill Kristol, with Juan Williams and Charles Krauthammer, last night on Fox News:

Barack Obama points to Barney Frank while Christopher Dodd looks on.

The political origins of the meltdown.

Jul 25, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 42 • By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL

To have served as the intellectual architect of the stalest presidential campaign of the modern-media era, to have lost a record number of states, to have gained a reputation for ruthlessness and secrecy in the process—only in Washington is that a recipe for success. Running the 1984 effort of his fellow Minnesotan, Walter Mondale, turned out to be the perfect entrée for James A.

8:00 PM, Jul 5, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

"U.S. Officials Behind 'Fast and Furious' Gun Sales Should Be Tried in Mexico, Lawmaker Says"

George Will: "Burning down the house"

Jonah Goldberg: "Obama's Reagan parallels are falling away"

7:00 PM, Jun 6, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Robert Samuelson: "Why we must end Medicare ‘as we know it’"

"On College Campuses, Obama's Not Cool Anymore"

"Curbing the Feelgood Drug Administration"

12:33 PM, Apr 7, 2011 • By MICHAEL WARREN

The capital markets subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee held a markup on Tuesday for eight small bills related to reforms of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. At the markup, congressional Democrats on the committee employed several parliamentary tactics to stall the votes. Democrats frequently demanded for a quorum call, according to a Republican staffer with the committee, and then each Democratic member would leave to deny the committee a quorum. The hearing lasted over 12 hours.

The video below shows a half-empty committee room during one such quorum call:

Closing the troubled housing agencies is not the only mortgage market fix we need.

Feb 28, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 23 • By ARNOLD KLING

The opportunity to pursue private profits backstopped by an implicit government guarantee is an invitation to take on excessive risk.

4:30 PM, Aug 13, 2010 • By CHRISTOPHER PAPAGIANIS

Andrew Ross Sorkin has a very interesting column this week examining the signal sent by GM’s purchase of AmeriCredit. The short answer: GM looks like it’s trying to revive the old patterns of demand before the recession. It’s doing so by following some of the same business practices that led to its bankruptcy filing last summer.

New 'Strategic Defaulting' Policy Change Avoids the Tough Steps Needed

Fannie Mae’s PR move.

9:45 AM, Jun 26, 2010 • By JIM PREVOR

Fannie Mae has introduced a new policy that prevents people who have defaulted on their mortgages from getting a new Fannie Mae loan for seven years – up from five previously. This policy only applies to defaulters who have adequate income and other resources to pay the note – a process Fannie Mae calls “strategic defaulting.”

Financial Regulation Bill May Be Misguided Says...NYT

10:41 AM, May 3, 2010 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

The New York Times talks to financial experts who have weighed Dodd's bill and found it wanting:

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