List/Grid Author Archives: Robert J. Samuelson / Syndicated Columnist
A System on the Edge of Failure
WASHINGTON - There are moments when our political system, whose essential job is to mediate con ...
Welfare State’s Bill Coming Due
WASHINGTON - We Americans fool ourselves if we ignore the parallels between Europe's prob ...
Out-of-Control Health Costs Will Eventually Be Our Undoing
WASHINGTON - Even had it succeeded, the supercommittee would have failed. Ultimately, the only ...
A Trigger Deadly Enough for the Deficit
WASHINGTON - In an ideal world - not the world we live in - Congress and the White Ho ...
Housing Rebound a Long Way Off
WASHINGTON - We Americans think of ourselves as problem-solvers, but the housing collapse has s ...
Greece Bailout May Not Hold Water
WASHINGTON — There's an Orwellian quality to Europe's latest financial rescue. Wor ...
A Downwardly Mobile Future for Our Kids
WASHINGTON – A specter haunts America: downward mobility. Every generation, we believe, should live better than its predecessor. By and large, Americans still embrace that promise. A Pew survey earlier... Read more »
There’s No Shortage of Pessimism
WASHINGTON - As often as not, I devote a column to the Census Bureau's annual report on & ...
Canada’s Oil Sands May Be Just the Ticket for U.S. Needs
WASHINGTON - When it comes to energy, America is lucky to be next to Canada, whose proven oil r ...
Inflation No Cure for Economy
WASHINGTON - It's a sign of desperation that the latest cure being suggested for the aili ...
Europe Teeters on Edge of Collapse
WASHINGTON - Europe may no longer be able to save itself. Too many countries have too much debt ...
Partisan Budget Fantasies in Avoidance of the Facts
WASHINGTON - Just in case you hadn't noticed, no one has elected Grover Norquist to anyth ...
