Today the Sierra Club delivered the following letter calling on the Obama Administration to hold BP fully responsible for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster -- the largest environmental disaster in American history.  The Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. MORE >>

 It crossed my mind that the first class rate is no longer $.44 could take the gamble of dropping my 44 cent letter in the mail and see if the Obama Administration is willing to subsidize my "green job" (I am an environmental economist)  at 1 cent per letter. and Google informed that it is now 45 cents. MORE >>

Please don't read this post as any indication of my beliefs regarding the President or politics, but rather as a question about an experiment in economics: An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never fai led a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. I'm skeptical already.  MORE >>

" Sargent relates this to the current sequester talks: This finding is directly relevant to the current debate, because Obama and Democrats want to offset the sequester in part by closing loopholes enjoyed by the wealthy, such as the one that keeps tax rates on capital gains and dividends low. Skip to Navigation. Skip to Content. Study. MORE >>

Here is a great case study for your classes: The full retreat on the smog standard was the first and most important environmental decision of the presidential campaign season that is now fully under way. illustrates the new calculus on political and policy shifts as the White House sharpens its focus on the president’s re-election. estimates. MORE >>