Shining Light on Our Financial Markets
A new proposal by writer Richard Vigilante and mortgage trader Andrew Redleaf to require banks to publish every trade and every position could provide investors the information needed to prevent another market crisis. It's so crazy it just might work... The great Peruvian economist Hernando …Fight Obama’s SCOTUS Pick at the Polls
GOP senators should resist the temptation to use procedural tactics to delay or halt confirmation of President Obama’s next nominee to the Supreme Court. GOP senators may be tempted, particularly after Democrats’ abuse of the reconciliation process to enact Obamacare, to use procedural tactics …Ending Prison Rape
Under the 2003 Prison Rape Elimination Act, the Justice Department has to issue tough new standards to reduce sexual abuse behind bars. However, some corrections professionals are proposing efforts to narrow the definition of “sexual assault”. In the next few weeks, Attorney General Eric Holder …Campbell: Fiorina Campaign in the Red
Wednesday, California GOP senatorial candidate Tom Campbell’s campaign released an investigative report on rival Carly Fiorina’s finances. Campbell’s campaign dug into Fiorina’s FEC statements and found a campaign with mounting unpaid bills. Wednesday afternoon, Tom Campbell’s campaign released an …The Other China
To leave Beijing is to leave a city where Western-style affluence is at least everywhere visible for a nation where wealth is concentrated at specific points. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. To leave Beijing is to leave a city where Western-style …Giannoulias' Banking Blunders
Instead of giving into opponent Alexi Giannoulias bullying and returning campaign contributions from Goldman Sachs employees, Illinois Senate candidate Rep. Mark Kirk should be reminding voters of Giannoulias' disastrous decisions at his family owned bank. Mark Kirk is apparently planning to …
Confronting China's Dark Past
Shantou City does have one remarkable local feature: a museum to the memory of the victims of the Cultural Revolution. It exists and offers something closer to actual history than is usually allowed people here. Click here to read all of David Frum’s blogposts from China. Shantou City …