Frank James

by Frank James (updated with McCain campaign response to the interpretation that their candidate was calling for zero-percent mortgage-interest rates.) It seems a safe bet that Sen. John McCain isn't...

by Frank James There are reports today from Iraq that Shiite militia forces loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are fighting Iraqi government forces in Basra in southern Iraq and that...

by Frank James I don't know if Sen. Barack Obama made a Lincoln-at-Gettysburg style comment that the world would little note nor remember the words he spoke at the modest...

by Frank James A theme in some of the coverage today of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign suggests an Obama presidency would be a faith-based one, but not in the...

by Frank James Noting that politicians are the ultimate resume-padders is something of a dog-bites-man story. No surprise there, really. That said, it's still always good to get some of...

by Frank James Washington is a go-along to get-along kind of place if ever one existed. And one of the latest ideas of the go-along variety was the fiscal stimulus...

by Frank James The Iraq War protesters were out in force today in Washington, the fifth anniversary of the "shock and awe" start of the war. They took on the...

by Frank James Looking at the reaction of a MediaCurves focus group of 709 viewers to Sen. Barack Obama's race speech in which he took on the issue of his...

by William E. Gibson The Florida primary re-vote idea can now be put on the same shelf with the butterfly ballot and hanging chads -- symbols of well-intentioned election plans...

Traders and clerks work the Eurodollar options pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Tuesday, March 18, 2008, shortly after the Federal Reserve slashed a key interest rate. (AP Photo/M. Spencer...