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06/23/2026
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Barack Obama, Ann Dunham and Barrack Hussein Obama Sr.
01/18/2009
Early life of the U.S. President in Indonesia. Obama's Kenyan father Barrack Hussein Obama Sr.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 07/21/2013
Kenyans ready to greet Obama with open cash registers
Wall Street Journal 07/21/2015
Kenya Trip Takes Obama Back to a Complex Part of Himself
New York Times 07/22/2015
Obama Arrives in Kenya, on Personal and Official Journey
New York Times 07/24/2015
Obama in Kenya: An Upbeat Tone, but Notes of Discord, Too
New York Times 07/25/2015
Obama Delivers Tough-Love Message to End Kenya Trip
New York Times 07/26/2015
Michelle Obama
01/18/2009
Grouped Articles
A Beat and a Bike: The First Lady’s Candlelit Habit
New York Times 01/10/2016
Michelle Obama’s Graduation Speeches Show Her Personal Side
New York Times 04/10/2016
Michelle Obamaâs Evolution as First Lady
New York Times 01/06/2012
Michelle Obama recounts journey as gardener - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/31/2012
Links to Obama campaign show fashion industry’s political clout is growing - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/08/2012
Democratic Convention Opens With Pitch to Middle Class
New York Times 09/04/2012
Roseland on Chicago's South Side, black poverty and Obama
01/18/2009
A sense that the earlier dedication to helping Roseland and places like it that need a special kind of help is missing from the President. Obama's advisers speak of inclusiveness and helping all minorities and the working class, yet while the stimulus helped the economy after the financial crisis, the lack of help to millions of homeowners facing foreclosure worsened the situation for minorities and the struggling middle class.
Grouped Articles
Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession
New York Times 04/28/2013
Obama, Empathy and the Midterms
New York Times 09/25/2010
Economic Recovery Yields Few Benefits for the Voters Democrats Rely On
New York Times 05/19/2014
Raised Hands, and the Doubts of a Grand Jury
New York Times 11/29/2014
Unrest Over Race Is Testing Obama’s Legacy
New York Times 12/08/2014
New York Times 04/20/2015
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan.
01/18/2009
Elena Kagan was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Obama in 2010. At 51 years, she is the youngest Supreme Court Justice. Kagan's vision of justice in America differs from that of Chief Justice Roberts.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 06/29/2013
New York Times 05/14/2010
At Harvard, Kagan Aimed Sights Higher
New York Times 05/25/2010
Kagan Says Her Path to Supreme Court Was Made Smoother by Ginsburg’s
New York Times 02/10/2014
Kagan and Roberts: Similar Paths, Poles Apart
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2010
Verdict on Kagan’s first year on Supreme Court - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2011
Bob Woodward's "The Price of Politics," on decisionmaking in the Obama White House
01/18/2009
Grouped Articles
Why we need a third party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2011
Bob Woodward: The inside story of how Obama and Boehner negotiate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/07/2013
Where the Buck Stops, Some See a Bystander
New York Times 10/29/2013
On the Daily Show, Obama is the last laugh
Washington Post 10/27/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/07/2012
Obama, Seeking Re-Election, Asks for Patience
New York Times 09/06/2012
Theodore Roosevelt's speech in Osawatomie, Kansas, in 1910, and the Obama speech in 2011.
01/18/2009
T.R.'s speech set the nation on a course that would create the modern social and economic fabric we have today. Obama's speech lacked much of the deep insight, far reaching themes, persuasion and appeal showed by T.R.
Grouped Articles
Obama, Empathy and the Midterms
New York Times 09/25/2010
New York Times 10/31/2010
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/2009
From 1889 to 2014, Political Parallels Abound
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2014
The Rough Rider and the Professor
New York Times 12/08/2011
Washington Post 12/22/2011
Bank of America after Ken Lewis.
01/17/2009
Grouped Articles
Bank of America to Pay $6.3 Billion To Settle Mortgage Securities Suit
New York Times 03/26/2014
Bank of America Chief Resigns Under Fire
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2009
Job's Breadth Poses Challenge to Possible Successors
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2009
Perils for Big Players Stir Management Changes at the Top
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2009
Wall Street Journal 09/30/2009
Ken Lewis’ Farewell Letter: A Journey “Not For the Faint of Heart”
Wall Street Journal 09/30/2009
The US TARP program and recovery of the governments investment in TARP.
01/17/2009
Grouped Articles
Cost of Bailouts Continues to Decline
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2013
Plan to Help Banks Clear Their Books Is Halted
New York Times 06/04/2009
Bank Bailouts Approach a Final Reckoning
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2014
BusinessWeek 09/30/2010
In Search of One Bold Stroke to Save the Banks
New York Times 01/17/2009
Merrill Lynch legal settlements
01/17/2009
Grouped Articles
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/2014
BofA Deal With U.S. Is Hung Up Over Penalties Tied to Countrywide, Merrill
Wall Street Journal 07/29/2014
Merrill Lynch to Pay $315 Million to Settle Mortgage-Loans Lawsuit
Wall Street Journal 12/07/2011
For Bank of America More Trouble from Merrill Lynch Merger
New York Times 09/28/2012
For Bank of America, the Pressure Mounts Over Merrill Deal
New York Times 01/17/2009
Wall Street Journal 01/22/2009
The recovery in credit markets, with credit markets returning to normal in June 2009.
01/17/2009
Distressed debt had reache a 19 percentage point premium over comparable Treasurys in December 2008 at the height of the credit crisis. On June 5, 2009, this premium had dropped slightly below the benchmark of 10%, according to S&P data. Banks were able to raise capital in these markets, and some were considering returning TARP money to the government.
Grouped Articles
Cost of Bailouts Continues to Decline
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2013
Plan to Help Banks Clear Their Books Is Halted
New York Times 06/04/2009
Wall Street Journal 05/01/2009
S&P Report Sees Less 'Distress' As Spreads Dip Below Benchmark
Wall Street Journal 06/08/2009
Wall Street Journal 07/27/2009
Recession Spells End for Many Family Businesses
Wall Street Journal 10/06/2009
TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) Inspector General's Report
01/17/2009
The Barofsky Report on the risks remaining in the financial system in the US in 2011-2012.
Grouped Articles
Cost of Bailouts Continues to Decline
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2013
Plan to Help Banks Clear Their Books Is Halted
New York Times 06/04/2009
Citi Still Too Big to Fail, TARP Official Says
New York Times 01/13/2011
Neil Barofsky's Journey Into a Bailout Buzz Saw
New York Times 07/21/2012
In Search of One Bold Stroke to Save the Banks
New York Times 01/17/2009
The Economist magazine
01/17/2009
Grouped Articles
Pearson in Talks to Sell Economist Stake
Wall Street Journal 07/27/2015
Up for Sale, The Economist Is Unlikely to Alter Its Voice
New York Times 08/04/2015
Pearson’s Stake in Economist Group to Be Sold to Other Shareholders
New York Times 08/12/2015
The Popular Newsweekly Becomes a Lonely Category
New York Times 01/17/2009
Bubbles developing in many countries in 2010-2013
01/17/2009
China being the largest bubble developing in mid 2010. The other bubbles developing in Brazil, Canada, India, and Australia.
Grouped Articles
Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013
Mom-and-Pop Investors Bolt Emerging Markets
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2013
New York Times 08/22/2013
Recognizing Bubbles But Still Cautious About Deflating Them
New York Times 09/10/2014
Canada Grapples With Housing Bubble Risk
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2016
Where Will the Next Financial Bubble Be?
BusinessWeek 05/06/2010
The Obama law school type analytical processes that yielded the decision for a "surge" in Afghanistan.
01/18/2009
The question is whether the complexities in society, culture, language, politics and history, of a place like Afghnistan and Pakistan can be settled with charts and numbers, and Mr. Obama's law school manner analytical processes. Can this kind of logic based approach address Afghanistan and Pakistan?
Grouped Articles
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/14
As a Professor, a Pragmatist About the Supreme Court
New York Times 05/03/09
Our Timeline, and the Taliban’s
New York Times 12/04/09
How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan
New York Times 12/06/09
Obama’s Logic Is No Match for Afghanistan
New York Times 12/06/09
New York Times 12/05/09
Race and religion in the 2012 U.S. presidential election- Obama and Romney
01/18/2009
Both candidates prefer reticence about defining aspects of their lives fearing voter prejudice. The election campaigns of both sides leave out identity politics. Both campaigns also prefer to keep Romney's record managing the 1999 winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and as the governor of Massachusetts out of the public view for different reasons. This adds to the sense of aloofness of both candidates, one a professor and the other a business executive, who were distant to begin with.
Grouped Articles
Views on Race Relations Sour, Especially Among Blacks
Wall Street Journal 07/24/13
Outsider Status for Obama and Romney
New York Times 05/25/12
New York Times 07/30/12
Political Perceptions: Paul Ryan’s Intangible Assets
Wall Street Journal 08/14/12
Paul Ryan, the Catholic vote and why it matters in 1 chart and 1 map - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/15/12
Mitt Romney, as a leader in Mormon church, became a master of many keys - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/12
Chief Justice Roberts and the U.S. Supreme Court
01/18/2009
Grouped Articles
Health Care Is Defining Decision for Chief Justice Roberts
New York Times 06/28/12
Chief Justice John Roberts’s health-care ruling gets plenty of second-guessing - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/30/12
Charles Lane: John Roberts’s Compromise of 2012 - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/30/12
New York Times 06/30/12
Verdict on Kagan’s first year on Supreme Court - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/11
Kagan and Roberts: Similar Paths, Poles Apart
Wall Street Journal 08/06/10
Obama's loss of narrative or lack of vision in 2011
01/18/2009
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/20/14
Storytelling Your Way to a Better Job or a Stronger Start-Up
New York Times 12/12/14
President Obama, Searching for Vision
New York Times 04/09/11
New York Times 04/10/11
Obama loses bin Laden bounce; Romney on the move among GOP contenders - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/07/11
Squawk treatment: Progressives voice their anger at Obama - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/24/11
Obama and a Rorschach test presidency.
01/18/2009
The tendency of Obama as Presidential candidate to have all kinds of people project their hopes on him was how this Rorschach test phenomenon worked. This does not work well in the Oval Office. As one columnist puts it, in the President's office people tend to project their fears on Obama instead.
Grouped Articles
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/13
On the Daily Show, Obama is the last laugh
Washington Post 10/27/10
Obama’s State of the Union Lays Out Optimistic Tone
Wall Street Journal 01/13/16
New York Times 12/04/10
Katrina vanden Heuvel - Obama: On the way to a failed presidency?
Washington Post 12/07/10
Tax-cut deal has liberal Democrats fuming
Washington Post 12/07/10
John Lewis on Obama and the Obama presidency
01/18/2009
The last surviving member of Martin Luther King's March on Washington in 1963 talks about Obama.
Grouped Articles
Saluting a Dream, and Adapting It for a New Era
New York Times 08/28/13
For Obama and Indian Leader, a Friendly Stroll if Not a Full Embrace
New York Times 09/30/14
What would MLK say to President Obama? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/28/11
Obama, Seeking Re-Election, Asks for Patience
New York Times 09/06/12
The Price of a Black President
New York Times 10/27/12
New York Times 10/27/12
Bank Cleanup Options of bad bank, guaranteeing assets, and nationalization reviewed in the 2008 financial crisis
01/17/2009
Economist, NYT and experts look at the options for cleaning up the bad debt at banks.
Grouped Articles
Irreversible Damage: Why Little Action on Banking Can Do Great Harm.
New York Times 04/30/10
New York Times 03/06/09
New York Times 04/01/09
New York Times 01/19/09
Wall Street Journal 01/20/09
New York Times 01/21/09
China's looming asset price bubble in late 2009.
01/17/2009
The role of the yuan pegged to the dollar in all this. The need for action to let the currency appreciate now rather than later.
Grouped Articles
Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/13
Fixing a Perception Gap for the Underappreciated G-20
Wall Street Journal 08/27/13
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/10
Economist 10/08/09
Economist 10/08/09
Three Hurdles for China in the Year of the Tiger
New York Times 12/30/09
Signals such as the wine price bubble and the bubble developing in China
01/17/2009
Grouped Articles
China Can't Slake Its Thirst for Costly Wine
BusinessWeek 11/18/10
Fears Mount That China Is Headed for a Slowdown
New York Times 12/12/10
Wall Street Journal 12/27/10
Cooking Oil's Surge Shows How Inflation Hits Chinese
Wall Street Journal 01/01/11
China Alters Measure of Credit Growth
Wall Street Journal 03/06/11
The Granddaddy of All Bubbles?
BusinessWeek 04/14/11
Newsweek magazine's shift to a digital only edition
01/17/2009
Grouped Articles
Newsweek, on the Mend, to Relaunch in Asia
Wall Street Journal 04/02/15
Wall Street Journal 10/18/12
The Popular Newsweekly Becomes a Lonely Category
New York Times 01/17/09
Trends in newsweekly magazines to thoughtful analytical content
01/17/2009
Grouped Articles
Newsweek, on the Mend, to Relaunch in Asia
Wall Street Journal 04/02/15
The Popular Newsweekly Becomes a Lonely Category
New York Times 01/17/09
China has its own Dutch tulip type bubble- in Pu-er tea!
01/17/2009
The bubble symptoms of the first decade of the twentyfirst century extends from tech, to real estate to tea! The bubble effects of the U.S. real estate bubble extended to little towns in the north of Norway.
Grouped Articles
Huaxi Journal: Sharing the Wealth in a Tiny Chinese Village
New York Times 07/11/11
A County in China Sees Its Fortunes in Tea Leaves Until a Bubble Bursts
New York Times 01/17/09
Economists: China Mirrors U.S. on Eve of Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/18/13
New York Times 12/18/11
We all have a stake in China’s real estate bubble - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/24/11
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