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Seven Myths About the Looming Debt-Ceiling 'Disaster'

If Congress and the president don’t raise the debt ceiling, the consequences will be disastrous, politicians and pundits tell us, — the equivalent of an economic Armageddon. And President Obama warns that the consequences are so dire that he cannot

With Rhetoric Rising, Is Syria the Next Libya?

[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets071311.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson is joined by Pejman Yousefzadeh and Elizabeth Blackney to discuss Hillary Clinton’s latest comments about Syria’s Resident Assad and ask, is Syria

Liberal Media Renders Bachmann's Virtue Moot

Liberal news site Talking Points Memo manages to almost (but not quite) turn being a foster parent to 23 at-risk teens into a negative campaign issue with a wee bit of burying the lede legerdemain and by squarely playing into

Tina Brown: GOP 'Suicide Bombers'

Continuing the theme set up by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews last night referring to Republicans as “Wahhabis” and “terrorists”, Tina Brown called GOP leadership “suicide bombers” for not raising taxes.