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Obama and his economics team claim that they want regulation of financial services. A congressional commission, modeled on the Pecora commission that was created in the wake of the Great Depression, has been appointed and has conducted its first meeting. And this week, Frontline did a special, "The Warning," about a federal official who clearly saw in the last years of the Clinton administration what could happen-- but she was slapped down by Alan Greenspan and President Clinton's team of economic advisors, and her warning was ignored. We need to keep our eyes on the ball.

We know who the Blue Dogs are in the House of Representatives, because they self-identify. But who are the Blue Dogs in the Senate? Several measures are proposed, and used to identify the Senatorial Blue Dogs.

The Pecora Commission was one of the landmark events of lesson-learning from the Great Depression. Will the new commission measure up, or fall short?

After marrying Obama's mother, his Indonesian father returned to Indonesia from Hawaii, after Sukarno had been deposed. He found a new power structure that had to be dealt with, at the same time as he had new responsibilities as husband and father. What lessons did Obama learn from the experiences of his new father and uncles?

The United States used to have antitrust laws to break up the bigs before they got too big. But during the Bush administration, Bigness was Better. AIG, Goldman-Sachs, JP Morgan Chase had to be bailed out with billions of taxpayer dollars. But there's bigness elsewhere, too.

Will AG Holder's deeds match President Obama's lofty words?

The role of Sen. Inouye in implementing the Bush Administration's torture policies has received little attention to date. Perhaps it is time to start asking questions.

In forward to a massive report on "Reining in the Imperial Presidency," John Conyers explains why Bush and Cheney were not impeached, and his view of the way forward.

Rachel Maddow did a masterful historical summary of the legislation that has brought us to the present moment of economic crisis. Let's take a closer look.

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