Superprojects
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I liked Louis Uchitelle’s article on the dearth of infrastructure
“superprojects” in the contemporary United States. The strangest thing about
the situatio...
Running to the left in Mass.
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Attorney General Martha Coakley, leading the race to replace Ted Kennedy,
has said she'd vote against a health care bill with the Stupak Amendment.
That Couple
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I am sick to my stomach over That Couple. And now comes news they are
peddling their exclusive story to the highest media bidder. Disgusting, but
hardly su...
Predatory lending has an ugly tail end
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Talk about burying the lede. The NYTimes has run a story which purports to
be about the plans by the Treasury Department to pressure banks to do more
to re...
Midday Open Thread
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- Dick Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said we should set aside the health care debate and focus on
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Should she out her gay friend?
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Interesting question from Ask Amy:
I was recently involved in a community volunteer event that lasted a couple
of months.
During that time, I became frien...
Political Clash Expected Over Rising National Debt
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McClatchy Newspapers notes that a vote to raise the ceiling on the national
debt -- which now exceeds $12 trillion -- "will come just as Congress tries
to ...
Sunday Roundup
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* There are lots of things to tweak Sarah Palin for, but the fact that she
dropped out of a 5K Turkey Trot charity race in order to avoid crowds at the
end...