More Stress Is Path Forward for New Bank Rules: Kevin Hassett In an important speech last week, Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh found something that both parties can agree on when it comes to fixing the financial system.

Double Dip Risk Rises After Inventory Blowout: Kevin Hassett When is quarterly gross domestic product growth of almost 6 percent bad news? When it looks like what was reported last week.

Centerfold Senator Is Stud on Economics as Well: Kevin Hassett Before and since Scott Brown locked up his Senate victory in Massachusetts, Democrats have tried to portray him as an economically illiterate radical.

‘Manchurian’ Obama Tries Big Plans at Worst Time: Kevin Hassett Ten months ago in this space, I compared President Barack Obama’s economic agenda to that of a “Manchurian Candidate” whose designs were intentionally negative. The alignment of the two was eerie.

Atom Smasher Exposes Hole in Earth’s Defenses: Kevin Hassett The largest machine in the history of the world has gradually begun to operate in a small town outside Geneva. The policy questions that the endeavor raises are bigger than the machine.

Democrats Ride Into Sunset, Your Wallet in Hand: Kevin Hassett The U.S. enters 2010 the way many bad movies end, by riding into the sunset.

Marxist Professors Are Gift to Climate Skeptics: Kevin Hassett The revelation that climate scientists at the University of East Anglia manipulated data and conspired to corrupt the peer-review process has been very bad news for those hoping to enact laws to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

U.S. Spend-a-thon Risks Slide Into Greek Tragedy: Kevin Hassett A Republican takeover of the House may be the only thing between the U.S. and the abyss.

Dismal Scientists Miss the Optimism in Jobs Data: Kevin Hassett Last week’s jobs report shocked just about everybody with a Ph.D. in economics. On average, economists expected that the economy would shed more than 100,000 jobs. The actual number was only 11,000, and the unemployment rate declined, to 10 percent.

Commanding Obama Ditches Pelosi for Afghanistan: Kevin Hassett With his popularity plummeting and his economic policy in tatters, President Barack Obama has signaled that he may well change his ways in time to save the country and his presidency.