The Hon. Everett McKinley Dirksen was a gravely voiced, avuncular US Senator from Illinois (he served 1951-1969) who helped to pass the Open Housing Act of 1968, a powerful piece of the Civil Rights legislation. We long remember...

You can tell a lot about a nation by its trading activities, and what goes on at the international seaports where cargo ships of all kinds come and go – the important ports of call of a nation. Take the United States; today,...

Take it to the People, Mr. President. That’s my unsolicited advice for our new president, who takes office January 20, 2009. Considering the complex issues that our new leader will face after he leaves the Capitol steps and the...

Very impressive -- over the weekend the governmental leaders of the world’s largest economies gathered in Washington to exchange ideas and lay the groundwork for greater cooperation in solving the multiple financial crises their...

As we await the arrival of our new president and vice president, cabinet members, and the new members of House and Senate… During the primary campaign season at one point Senator Hillary Clinton was asked about her political...

President George W. Bush came to Wall Street today to meet and greet Wall Street’s power crowd, and to reassure the capitalists that HE still has faith in the capitalist system. The president spoke in what was the first capitol...

Two months ago when the massive federal government’s bailout of large banks and financial service firms began, the largest flow of cash to a private company went to AIG (American International Group), the nation’s largest...

Are you seeing the delightful TV commercials currently being placed by Macy’s? A parade of stars from movies and television are being featured in the original settings portrayed by the actors – with scenes from such movies as...

The new president and his administration will have lots of issues awaiting them on “Day Two,” after the inaugural balls have ended and the partygoers have flown home. One of the biggest headaches – one that may have President...

The leadership of the US auto industry traveled from Motor City to Capital Hill yesterday to plead for federal government intervention in their business affairs…as the American economic situation worsened. This was an important...

We heard today that President-elect Barack Obama’s advisors are scouring the records for examples of the crises events that faced President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt 75 years ago, when FDR took the oath of office. Some of...

What drama we’ve been witness to, unfolding over the past year-and-a-half, when the first candidacies were announced by aspiring presidential hopefuls in both major political parties – remember Romney and Edwards and Huckabee and...

Hello again. This commentator’s voice was temporarily “semi-silenced” in early October by a minor stroke. I was in New York City at a luncheon meeting when a tiny blood clot laid me low. Happy to report I expect full...