Along with jobs, raising taxes on the rich is one of things the Wall Street protesters feel strongly about, as Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic governor of New York, is learning all too well.

Seems like Americans just want it to be Halloween all year. The holiday just keeps getting more popular. Seven in 10 expect to celebrate it in some way this Oct. 31, up from about six in 10 last year, according to a National Retail Federation report.

What do they want, and what do they need? That’s the question about the protesters who now occupy Wall Street, Washington and just about everywhere else. Theirs is what might be called a Rolling Stones situation: They can’t always get what they want, but if somebody tries, some time, they may get what they need.

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul talks with Bloomberg's Al Hunt about the U.S. debt ceiling, U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Libya, and Federal Reserve monetary policy.

Not enough trust in government. That's the reason the Tea Party exists. And that lack of trust is what animates Republicans' plans to overhaul entitlements.

The past is the news. That's what some of us have concluded as we've watched markets grapple with big events. Looking at history has helped us make sense of current movements, both economic and political.

"The only way to help the new republics build free markets is to stimulate private investment. The main magnet is oil."

Obama pulls another Osama. He signs the orders. The operation succeeds. This time the target is another great enemy: the federal debt.

Gramm-Rudman or something like it.

Another week, another tot gets his rights violated. A few days before Easter police in Maspeth, New York, handcuffed a first grader who had a temper tantrum after coloring an egg at school.