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My Predictions for 2013, Audacious and Otherwise
Some things about 2013 are easy to predict. We know that taxes are going to rise, and so will the federal debt. We know that there will be more guns in circulation at the end of the year than at the beginning. We know that Donald Trump will get...
Tags: Mitt Romney, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Regional Authority
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Michigan law shows unions must change or die
Amid the hubbub over the fiscal cliff these past few weeks, an important event happened Dec. 11 that many Americans probably missed: The union movement was struck a critical blow in the state it calls home. That day, a "right to work" law was passed...Tags: Employment, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Rick Snyder, Fiscal Cliff
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Study concludes FHA lending practices in Baltimore area could lead to high foreclosure rates
Homes with federally insured mortgages — afforded to mostly lower-income borrowers — are expected to see a spike in foreclosures because of dicey lending practices, according to a recent study. More than a dozen ZIP codes in the Baltimore...
Tags: Dundalk, Housing Industry, Finance, Baltimore County, Foreclosures
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FHA policies helped cause foreclosure crisis
Imagine that a federal agency wanted to hurt America's working-class families on purpose. How would it inflict maximum damage? It might start by aggressively marketing homeownership to marginal borrowers. It would tell them that bad credit scores aren't...Tags: Fannie Mae, Real Estate Buyers, Finance, Los Angeles Times, Foreclosures
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Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government's huge deficits. But what sounds like a prudent sacrifice for an aging society that must watch...
Tags: Paul Ryan, Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi, Government Health Care, Social Security
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Special Report: Behind U.S. race cases, a little-known recruiter
ReutersSOUTH THOMASTON, Maine (Reuters) - Sometime in the next few months, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide two cases that could fundamentally reshape the rules of race in America. In one, a young white woman named Abigail Fisher is suing the University of...Tags: Graduation, Students, Lawyers, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin
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More students in poor schools get special education than those in wealthier districts
Capital News ServiceIn poorer public school districts in Maryland, the percentage of students receiving special education is disproportionately higher than in wealthier districts, and has been since early 2000. It’s a nationwide trend that experts say isn’t...Tags: Poverty, Students, Medical Procedures and Tests, Social Issues, Medical Specialization
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What's behind the hatred of Obama?
What drives Barack Obama's "doubters and haters"? So asks Obama biographer David Maraniss in a recent op-ed article for The Washington Post. By doubters and haters, he means the people who think Obama wasn't born in the U.S., that he's a secret Muslim or...
Tags: Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Islam, Ronald Reagan, Talk Shows (genre)
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Obama, quit blaming Bush
"Now Gov. (Mitt) Romney believes that with even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy, and fewer regulations on Wall Street, all of us will prosper. In other words, he'd double down on the same trickle-down policies that led to the crisis in the first place."...
Tags: Fannie Mae, Finance, Personal Income, Politics, Philosophy
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Mideast violence shows 'Arab Spring' still a work in progress
World NowGlobal Focus: Anti-American violence sweeping the Muslim world has brought a sobering reminder in Washington and the West that the heady revolutions of the Arab Spring that threw out entrenched dictatorships in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have yet to achieve... -
A deadly denouement for foreign troops in Afghanistan
World NowGlobal Focus: The Netherlands pulled out of Afghanistan two years ago. Canada brought home its contingent last year. France, the fifth-largest contributor of troops to the International Security Assistance Force, will exit the war by the end of this year.... -
Conservatives haven't given up
The conservative Gotterdammerung is finally here. "Like dazed survivors in a ravaged city, America's conservatives are wailing and beating their collective breasts," opines the Economist's "Lexington" columnist. "A leading conservative thinker," asked...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Ronald Reagan, The Washington Post, Republican Party, Heritage Foundation
Jan 1, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
Jan 6, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Dec 16, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 31, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Dec 7, 2012
|Story| Petoskey News
Dec 4, 2012
|Story| Reuters
Dec 26, 2012
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Aug 2, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Oct 11, 2012
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Sep 15, 2012
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Aug 22, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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