June 2, 2010
Oil Companies Weigh Strategies to Fend Off Tougher Regulations
By ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAD MOUAWAD
WASHINGTON — When the Obama administration imposed new restrictions last week on offshore drilling in the wake of the BP oil spill, officials carved out an exemption that received little public attention: Companies working in shallow waters, unlike deep-sea operators like BP, could again begin drilling for oil and gas.

Offshore Corporate Tax Havens: Why Are They Still Allowed?


The bracing reality that America has two sets of rules -- one for the corporate class and another for the middle class -- has never been more indisputable.

May 28, 2010
Obama’s Katrina? Maybe Worse
By FRANK RICH
FOR Barack Obama’s knee-jerk foes, of course it was his Katrina. But for the rest of us, there’s the nagging fear that the largest oil spill in our history could yet prove worse if it drags on much longer. It might not only wreck the ecology of a region but capsize the principal mission of the Obama presidency.