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February 25, 2009
Nationalization: It's Not Just For Communists Anymore
The word
nationalization used to be a dirty word one synonymous with
authoritarian regimes. Now politicians threaten to nationalize…
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February 25, 2009
What a crime! A profitable company honors a contract and spends its own money to host events for clients – the audacity!Taking a page from ABC’s AIG hit job, NBC’s “Today Show” on Feb. 25 took a cheap shot at Northern Trust Bank for the perceived…
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February 25, 2009
Only in America does the term “tea party” sound ominous. In much of the world, it’s a high-falootin,’ civilized gathering. In the U.S., it has meant tax rebellion ever since a few Boston patriots decided they liked their tea mixed with salt water…
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February 25, 2009
We know they’re chummy. We know she knows cars – she’s given them to every member of her audience before. So why shouldn’t President Obama install his pal Oprah as the new federal Car Czar and let her run one more government giveaway lollapalooza?…
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February 24, 2009
24 February 2009
Editor, Boston Globe
Dear Editor:24 February 2009
Editor, Boston Globe
Dear Editor:
Derrick Z. Jackson reasons that among mass transit's benefits is the fact that, dollar for dollar, its provision…
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February 24, 2009
“How do you prove, the jobs you’re saving?” Host Neil Cavuto asked this tricky question during the Feb. 21 “Cavuto on Business.” “That would be like me saying if I go from eating 3 cannolis a day to 2 cannolis a day, I will save myself from gaining…
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February 24, 2009
Perhaps CBS was looking for a way to channel populist anger away from Barack Obama’s mortgage bailout plan and toward against bailed out banks. Why else would a reporter detail how so-called “tax havens” help financial institutions avoid some taxes…
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February 20, 2009
Adhering to fiscal conservatism is difficult in this highly charged political environment, especially when opponents are likely to counter your argument with “the race card.”
At a press conference Feb. 19, Rep. James Clyburn, D – S.C., suggested…
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February 20, 2009
Although a spokesman for President Barack Obama said the administration wouldn’t pursue the revival of the Fairness Doctrine, Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, S.C., wants Senate Democrats to go on the record one way or another on the issue. DeMint,…
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February 19, 2009
16 February 2009
Editor, Washington Post Book World1150 15th St., NW
Washington, DC
20071
Dear Editor:
Regardless of the merits or demerits
of the gold standard, Frank Ahrens – reviewing Liaquat Ahamed's "Lords
of Finance" – ignores…