How Will the Economy Impact the 2012 Presidential Campaign?

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  May 23rd at 10:53 AM  | 

Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the Greek debt crisis and Francis’ thoughts on the 2012 race for President. We’re brought to you as always by BigGovernment and Stephen Clouse and Associates. If you’d like to email us, you can do so at | Read More »

Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Unlikely Macho Man

By: streiff (Diary)  |  May 19th at 03:00 PM  | 

Like many, when I heard that IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn had been arrested in New York for a variety of sexually related crimes my first thought was: who? Since then I’ve found that Strauss-Kahn (“DSK” to his Euro pals and “sweet thing” to his Rikers Island cohabitants is, in fact, the single indispensable man to the economic system of the entire planet. I was | Read More »

The Silver Lining to L’Affair DSK

By: Victoria Coates (Diary)  |  May 16th at 11:30 AM  | 

The abrupt arrest of IMF director Dominique Strauss-Kahn on charges of sexual assault against an employee at the New York hotel where he was staying are being treated as shocking in France. This is a “coup de tonnerre,” a bolt from the blue, not to mention a body blow to the socialist party he was to represent in the upcoming elections. Everyone in Paris claims | Read More »