Month: January 2011

Trouble in the Maghreb

In other countries people tend to riot when they have persistent high employment. That’s what’s going on Algeria and Tunisia. In the case of Tunisia, cables about official corruption that were released by WikiLeaks...

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Time for Moratorium on Foreclosures

Last year Banks foreclosed on ONE MILLION HOMES in the United States. And the trend is moving upward: Banks repossessed a record one million US homes in 2010, and could surpass that number this year, figures show. Foreclosure...

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Gun control? Civility? My Predictions

Nothing will happen. I anticipate we will see reduced restrictions on gun control actually, as the NRA and its allies push back against the Tucson tragedy. That means no laws requiring gun registration, closing private sale and...

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Obama’s Memorial Speech

Not a bad speech. Remarks of President Barack Obama At a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona University of Arizona, McKale Memorial Center Tucson, Arizona January 12, 2011 As Prepared for...

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