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Dubner are at fault for the global financial crisis. See, back in 2005, they wrote Freakonomics, a wildly successful book brimming with interesting stories of how incentives matter and actions have unintended consequences. Indeed, incentives do matter,...
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Dylan Ratigan had to apologize for using photoshopped images of Palin in a miniskirt and a bikini on November 13. His apology: “I want to apologize to Governor Palin and all of our viewers. On Friday, in a very misguided attempt to have some fun in advance...
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Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) Position: Born in Salt Lake City in 1933, Robert "Bob" Bennett hails from a well-connected Utah family. He is the grandson of the seventh president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the son of a former...
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Christina and Jesse Fladmark were married on Flag Day last year at a band shell on the Mississippi River. They chose the spot largely because Jesse, a soldier, draws strength from the nearby war memorial. Twenty months later, Jesse is loading military...
Tags: Jesse Fladmark, Tim Walz, Minnesota, Winona, Afghanistan, Washington Post, Iraq War, Politics, Gil Gutknecht, War in Afghanistan
It was raw power on the half-shell at one of the American capital's most exclusive seafood restaurants this week. The setting, Oceanaire on F Street, the scene, dinner for 12 at a table studded with senators and ambassadors – and the unlikely star of...
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For former lawyer Warren Brown, baking cakes provides an inner fulfillment, a sense of happiness and a lot fun. He believes everyone should pursue a career, a business venture and a lifestyle that brings the same things to them. Brown, the owner of seven...
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The money, the Obama team would like us to be able to track amounts to precisely $158,705,328,811, which, if the calculator that came with Windows 7 is functioning properly, works out to $247,849.67 per job. A quarter of a million per job sounds a tad...
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Oh that political correctness!!! How the Republicans hate it? They blame mass murders on political correctness. They get annoyed when their representatives are caught doing things that they have to apologize for, because of political correctness....
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The holidays are always rough. It was right before Halloween when I lost my three kids two years ago. I don't blame God. I know there was a reason, even if I go to my grave not knowing why. I suppose it makes me appreciate the little things I do have,...
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They lead a church that claims to stand on the side of the sick and the poor, the meek who shall inherit the earth. But in the course of a single week, the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church proclaimed themselves willing to see health-care denied to...
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