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Why Obama Is Bullish on Facebook
Tweet Share on Facebook June 15, 2012 CommentThe social-media giant Facebook is still reeling from a flubbed IPO, but it has at least one friend in a very high place: President Obama.
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10 Terrible Father's Day Ideas
Tweet Share on Facebook June 15, 2012 CommentI'm a dad, and I like gifts. But I sure hope nobody in my family takes advice on their Father's Day shopping from one of the ubiquitous gift lists circulating on the Internet this year.
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Obama the Optimist Vs. Romney the Pessimist
Tweet Share on Facebook June 14, 2012 CommentDoes the future look brighter? Or is the American Dream circling the drain? How you answer will help determine who the next president is.
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Why Jamie Dimon Will Bounce Back
Tweet Share on Facebook June 14, 2012 CommentI chatted recently with Melissa Francis of Fox Business about J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon's testimony before the Senate Banking Committee. Some people have called for Dimon to resign over the startling trading loss that could cost the bank $2 billion or more.
But Dimon, in my view, could learn important lessons from the mistake, and become a better CEO.
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What Makes America Special (Or Used To)
Tweet Share on Facebook June 14, 2012 CommentMSNBC invited me to be a panelist recently on the Melissa Harris-Perry show, where we discussed American exceptionalism—the idea that the United States is a unique nation with a special role to play in the world. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has campaigned on this theme, while accusing his opponent, President Obama, of undermining American exceptionalism.
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Where Taxes Are Already Going Up
Tweet Share on Facebook June 13, 2012 CommentIf you're paying attention to the drama over the "fiscal cliff," you know that federal income tax rates will skyrocket at the end of this year, if Congress fails to act. That's sure to be a huge battle. But taxes are already going up in a lot of states and cities, in a preview of what's coming sooner or later at the federal level.
A new analysis by the nonprofit Tax Foundation shows that 13 states and the District of Columbia raised sales tax rates between 2007 and 2011, largely to rake in more revenue as the recession cut into state budgets. In Arizona, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Utah, sales taxes rose by a full percentage point or more, though in a few of those states, the increase is supposed to be temporary.
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Jamie Dimon Should Be At Work, Not in Washington
Tweet Share on Facebook June 13, 2012 CommentWe've grown accustomed to the spectacle of business leaders testifying before Congress to explain some anomaly in their operations. This is not something that should be a regular part of American free enterprise.
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For Apple, No News Is Big News
Tweet Share on Facebook June 12, 2012 CommentNews flash! Apple plans to bottle air, and sell it in a small white jar with the Apple logo on it for $99. Customers are already camping outside Apple stores, so they can be the first to buy iAir when it goes on sale in three weeks.
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Why Obama's Wrong About the Private Sector 'Doing Fine'
Tweet Share on Facebook June 11, 2012 CommentPresident Obama could easily have corrected himself after saying in a recent press conference that "the private sector is doing fine." Had he said big business is doing fine, rather than the private sector as a whole, it would have been hard to argue with him.
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Why Obama Is Right About Business 'Doing Fine'
Tweet Share on Facebook June 11, 2012 CommentHad President Obama changed one word in his recent evaluation of the private-sector economy, he wouldn't have found himself trying to explain away a clumsy gaffe that could cost him votes among millions of struggling Americans.
