Argentina Has a Bond It Wants to Sell You

Argentina reportedly intends to file for Securities and Exchange Commission approval to re-enter U.S. capital markets. The SEC should instead insist that Argentine securities bear a warning like cigarette packages: “This issuer has a record of misrepresentation, debt defaults and...
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The Case for Keeping Gates

Here’s a free piece of advice to President Barack Obama or President John McCain: There’s no need to look for a new secretary of defense. You already have the best man in the job.

The Obama campaign in particular seems...
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A good-enough spy law

In their rush to get home for their Fourth of July vacations, the members of the Senate left some important work on their desks — the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. The bill is a rare bit of common sense...
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