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Gloomy Forecast for Gulf
News continues to worsen regarding the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. BP has been unable to...
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Oil Spill Facts
Random fact I learned today: Top Hat, Junk Shot, Top Kill are all names of methods being used to...
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Trouble for BlankFIEND
All eyes were on investment bank Goldman Sachs today, as its top execs were grilled by the...
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Afghanistan Cost & Crossroads
President Obama announced that 30,000 more troops will be deployed to Afghanistan back in December....
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Big Business
Ahhh, globalization. Can’t live with it, can’t live without it. Here’s a look...
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Greece & the Global Economy
photo: AP, from Economist.com “The Dow Jones industrial average, a closely watched measure of...
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How Much We Spend on War
The result of who spends the most on war was no surprise to me. However, how much more we spend...
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The Politics of Aging
According to this blog, not only do our wrinkles ripen with age, but so do our political...
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Full Circle: FDR to Obama
President Obama’s (newly successful) push for health care reform has been frequently likened...
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Bring on the Jobs
They may not have been able to pass a health care bill (YET), but Congress has now officially...
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