Author: btchakir

I was listening to Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter being interviewed on Public Radio as I drove home from teaching today and the argument he was making was that Obama should not have to give up his Blackberry as the security...

An article by Alexis Simendinger in the National Journal says Obama will name Peter Orszag as Budget Director. Orszag, currently Congressional Budget Office Director and a former economic adviser to Bill Clinton, will take on...

General Motors has come to Washington, begging for a $25 billion bailout to keep it and its ailing Detroit counterparts going next year. But nobody seems too thrilled about the prospect. Liberals dwell on the companies’...

There are lots of commentaries in the press and on television now about the future of the Republicans and the direction its party will take in the next couple of years (and specifically for the 2010 congressional election.) Newt...

After revealing that Obama and Hillary Clinton have met to discuss the Secretary of State position, the change team let out this release today:”On Monday, President-elect Barack Obama and Senator John McCain will meet in...