Richard Fuld is not, strictly speaking, someone likely to be overcome by his moods. In his office at the top of a glass sky-scraper in Manhattan, he pilots the 4th largest bank of the US, Lehman Brothers. He is one of the leaders of global finance.

Discussing the preface to The Opinion Makers, by David W. Moore (Boston: Beacon Press, 2008) in Part 1, we reviewed the claim that the polls distort and misrepresent public opinion. Here is a case in point: how the polls manufactured a pro Iraq War sentiment to bolster the claims of the Bush administration.

More than 65,000 people submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services, rejecting new Bush administration rules that women's health care advocates believe could jeopardize women's access to quality health care.

Long gone are the days of delusion in which financial gurus and political pundits thought that the economic problems faced by America could be swept under the carpet. For this reason, it becomes redundant to discuss the details of the current financial turmoil.

John McCain's decision to suspend his campaign and return to Washington was little more than stagecraft, a political stunt to garner photo opportunities and to distract voters from his sinking campaign, congressional leaders suggested this evening, Sept. 25th.

The week of September 22, 2008 has seen huge popular opposition to the Bush administration's bailout of Wall Street banks at taxpayer's expense. While stabilization of credit markets and the banking sector generally is crucial, the smart choice is to pursue a solution that addresses the fundamental causes of the collapse and helps working families avoid further economic calamity.

Did John McCain suspend his campaign "to return to Washington to broker a deal on the financial crisis" in order to use the financial crisis as a way to prop up his sagging poll numbers? Or, is he afraid to meet Barack Obama head to head in a debate?

A letter addressed to Congress and signed by more than a dozen labor and community leaders, including the presidents of both national labor federations, demanded a "common sense" approach to the Wall Street bailout...

For its anticipated $18+ billion share in the $700 billion bailout of Wall Street banks and lenders now being ramrodded through Congress by the Bush administration, the state of Michigan could provide almost 7 million of its residents with free health care.

"Michigan is the key to the whole [electoral] map," a pollster recently told Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne. It's 17 electoral votes are one reason, but the anger of the state's working families over Bush economic and trade policies that have cost them jobs and a decent standard of living is far more telling.

As the Bush administration attempts to ram a bailout package of nearly one trillion dollars through Congress, it begins to feel like Colonel Sanders asking the public to trust him to take care of the chickens.

If I may simplify somewhat the situation, (but only slightly) we can say that over the last quarter of century, Wall Street firms bought out Congress and the White House (and paid at wholesale prices). Now, they want the U.S. government to buy them back (and they want to sell at retail prices).

Afghanistan may have been a war unexpected in Canada, but a familiarity with American expectations concerning the New American Century combined with the fawning willingness of the Canadian military would make it more probable than improbable.

John McCain says he is ready to make sound economic decisions to help avoid further financial crisis. But McCain has long described himself as a supporter of deregulation and reduced oversight of business and banking, a policy many experts have linked to the recent financial collapse on Wall Street.

This is an important book to read, especially during this electoral season. It's not very long (161 pages), but it thoroughly explains how public opinion polls are manipulated to produce the results wanted by those who use them to influence and shape public perceptions of reality.

Both confusion and anger reign for most people across the political spectrum about the $700 billion "bailout" of Wall Street banking and brokerage houses, which the Bush administration is trying to force through Congress right now.

The truck bomb that exploded in front of Islamabad's Marriott hotel killing at least 53 people heralded in the latest salvo in the the US's and Mujahedin's love/hate relationship.

The Bush administration has proposed a massive bailout plan of at least $700 billion (maybe as much as $1.7 trillion) to stabilize the financial system amid the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression.

After the collapse of several major banks, lending institutions, and investment firms and with at least two more major Wall Street banks on the chopping block, the Bush administration is trying to rush the handout through Congress without much public discussion, with no strings attached, and at a huge cost to taxpayers.

ATLANTA - Two anti-death penalty activists, Rev. Marvin Morgan, First Congregational Church, and Steve Woodhall, were arrested today at the Governor's Office, after refusing to leave the office until speaking with the governor about tomorrow's impending execution of Troy Davis.