Stars Over Washington

In a Ponzi scheme that drawfs the Madoff and Enron frauds, solid proof has emerged of gold and silver market manipulations by the Big Banks...

While searching for something else entirely I have come across an interesting page concerning the Military Rule of George Washington and how...

On Sept 25, 2009 Naomi Klein interviewed by phone Michael Moore whose new film Capitalism: A Love Story is garnering excellent reviews. Cl...

This trailer about Michael Moore's new film, which debuts on Oct 2, hints that the movie looks promisingly informative and more than a l...

Is President Obama's rosy glow of an early economic upswing for real? Or is it merely a lull in the eye of the financial hurricane? Opp...

Financial Friday debuts here on Stars Over Washington with Simon Johnson's excellent history-spanning article in The Atlantic about th...

The Washington Independent is asking Who Will investigate the Causes of the Financial Crisis? and apparently Congress is mulling over sett...

Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited, Expert Says By CNBC.com With $45 billion in capital and $2.1 trillion in assets, the central bank...

Bond Market Blowout By Mike Whitney Last week's ructions in the bond market, leave little doubt that the financial crisis has entered a ...

A bitter cud to chew? Perhaps they're pessimistic or perhaps they're realistic, but here's a financial article and video round-u...

Recent 'impressive' profit reports seemed more than a little abracadabra-esque to me and it turns out that (for once) I called it: t...

Yes, it's subtle but that doesn't mean it isn't there... Check out SO'W 's sidebar column for a new feed just added from...

Update 8:46 pm edt: seems Paul Krugman is fulfilling a useful role on behalf of the left and if economic and political improvements ensue,...

From Rush Limbaugh to Republicans on Capitol Hill, they're falling all over themselves in a mad race to blame Pres. Obama for the curren...

Geithner Plan Will Rob US Taxpayers By Reuters The US government plan to rid banks of toxic assets will rob American taxpayers by exposing t...

Pres. Obama and his team have an idea for stepping in with large financial institutions ahead of crises. It's being labeled 'resolu...

As Congress revs up for Wednesday's performance at the Capitol Hill Theater today, AIG's CEO Edward Liddy makes ready to participate...

Economic propaganda is on the loose and distorting realities of the 'financial crisis' for the consumption of the American voter. ~...

For years I have thought that the work of Nobel-Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz was as sensible as some and better than most. Today ...