As it stands now, Europe has lost its self-confidence, its energy and its hopes that the next century will be the “European century.” From Beijing to Washington—and even in Brussels it-self—the Old Continent is widely viewed as a spent geopolitical force, as a great place to live but not a great place to dream.

Guess which German party is most hawkish on the war in Afghanistan.

The Supreme Court’s January 21, 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission struck me with a case of double vision. The decision said that corporations and labor unions have as much right as individuals to spend unlimited amounts for political advocacy. I cannot see corporations as being equivalent to natural persons and therefore […]

Location, location, location is key for ICE Trust U.S., a new clearinghouse that trades credit default swaps, the complex financial instruments at the heart of one financial crisis after another, from Lehman Brothers to AIG to Greece.

Corporations are made of contracts, not people.

All four pillars of the Anglo-American alliance have been weakened, but its future is still in our hands.

A better way to clean up Wall Street.

The Financial Secrecy Index is a new tool for ranking jurisdictions
according to the transparency of their financial markets.

Perhaps the strangest thing about black America today is how little we talk about it.

There’s a lot more Congress can do to put our financial house in order.