by Hastings Wyman | Jul 25, 2017 | The Forum
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, appearing on CNBC about a month ago, said that since the election last year, the stock market added $4 trillion in wealth. He noted that the Dow Jones industrial average had gained 16%, the S&P 500 gained 13% and the...
by Hastings Wyman | Jun 8, 2017 | The Forum
The outcome of the June 20 special election in Georgia’s 6th District is crucial to both parties. If Jon Ossoff wins, it will be the first significant election since last fall in which Democrats have won a congressional seat previously held by a Republican....
by Hastings Wyman | Mar 1, 2017 | James Magazine
The special election to replace US Rep. Tom Price (R), who is now Secretary of Health and Human Services in the Trump Administration, will be the first test of the Democrats’ ability to win over Republican voters who did not support Donald Trump last November....
by Hastings Wyman | Jan 23, 2017 | The Forum
Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote up or down on the nomination of Texas oilman Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state. If they do not approve him, his nomination will go to the Senate floor without a recommendation, which would make it more...
by Hastings Wyman | Jan 11, 2017 | The Forum
Any thought that the professions of President Obama and other Democrats that they would put the nation’s interest ahead of partisan politics and give President-elect Donald Trump some semblance of a honeymoon has disappeared as quickly as the GOP’s non-partisan...