New Guidance from Washington on “Underwater&...
While everyone is understandably focused on Afghanistan, health insurance reform, Dubai, and Tiger Woods driving ability, the Treasury...
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Obama has Become a Japanese Verb
The Japanese seem to really like President Obama. This goes beyond last year’s song from Obama City in Fukui Prefecture...
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Harry Reid in Local Feud
Nevada’s senior Senator and the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has taken time out to make a new enemy. Reid publicly...
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For the College Students
The fall semester begins soon, and many new college students will be away from home for the first time as adults. It seems likely that...
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Health Care a Different Experience for the Privile...
Myrna Ulfik’s item in the Wall Street Journal says: I didn’t run to Canada for [cancer] treatment. Medicare took care of my...
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Supreme Court on Strip Searches in Schools
In a victory for common sense, the Supreme Court has ruled 8-1 that the strip search of a 13 year old girl was unconstitutional. Among...
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Communication
Graduate students spend a lot of time talking. One topic that we used to discuss, as music students, was various styles of music....
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More Bank Closures
This week, the FDIC couldn’t even wait until Friday to close BankUnited of Coral Gables, FL. This has apparently been in the...
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FDIC Closes 4 Banks This Weekend
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation always does their dirty work at closing time on Friday. That way they have all weekend to...
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Things are Bad when the IMF says Spend More Money
Most of us know what the International Monetary Fund prescription for saving any given economy is, right? Drastically cut spending. No...
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