Hands Free A Must I do agree that driving with a cell phone at any age is dangerous. May I say hazardous to your health? ...more

December 16, 2008

Racing to seal a deal with the White House, Democratic congressional leaders dispatched aides Saturday to draft an emergency $15 billion aid package to pull Detroit's Big Three automakers from the brink of collapse. ...more

December 7, 2008

A federal welfare package for the U.S. auto industry's Little Three is inevitable. ...more

November 15, 2008

With all of the purely politically motivated negative action taken on the part of Congressman Barney Frank, chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services who uttered these now famous words, "These two entities - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - are not facing any kind of financial crisis," now comes another potential result of his committee's utter disregard for the advice of the Bush administration to take steps to rein in these two entities. ...more

October 21, 2008

It did not surprise me to see a letter like the one written by Dallas Dunlap in which he basically blames the Republicans for wrecking the United States. After all, in the world of Dallas Dunlap, Frances Earl and Ted Rall, Republicans are evil and Democrats are the saviors of mankind. ...more

October 8, 2008

Much of the financial mess we are in, whether perceived or real, could have been avoided. ...more

October 5, 2008

There are probably some who do not know about 'October Surprises.' ...more

October 3, 2008

If you sat down an infinite number of chimpanzees in front of an infinite number of typewriters for an infinite period of time along with Frances Earl, one of them would sooner or later accidently type a line that contained some sort of statement of fact or truth; but it wouldn't be Frances! She would still be pounding out line after line of partisan lies, distortions and slander. ...more

September 30, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to score a quick post-debate advantage Saturday by traveling to two Republican-leaning states and accusing GOP rival John McCain of being out of touch with middle-class Americans. ...more

September 28, 2008

WASHINGTON - President Bush told Congress Friday it must "rise to the occasion" and pass legislation bailing out the struggling financial system, and leading lawmakers arranged to resume difficult negotiations. ...more

September 26, 2008