To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Saturday, June 21, 2025

Observercast

Regulatory Malpractice?

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BY FROMA HARROP President Obama was on Wall Street, calling for a new regulatory regime to prevent a financial panic like the one set off a year ago. “We will not go back to the days of reckless behavior and unchecked excess that was at the heart of this crisis,” he said. But there are doubters. Far from the granite canyons of southern Manhattan comes sharp criticism about the plans for new regulations and, not […]

Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.