Full disclosure
Hundreds of billions of dollars of our money is being spent to “bail out” big financial institutions. You’d think that would entitle taxpayers to know at least something about who’s getting the money and how it is being spent. Wrong, according to just about everyone involved in the transactions. With some exceptions, such as the $85 billion provided to insurance giant AIG, federal agencies have clammed up about the money. And according to an investigation by The Associated Press, big banks that could be identified as recipients of federal aid either won’t talk or claim not to know how the money is being spent. In other words, there is no accountability regarding the biggest government intervention in financial markets in history. Some national news organizations have filed lawsuits demanding information about how the money is spent. Under the federal Freedom of Information Act, there is no doubt in our minds that the courts will rule against the government. Clearly, the bureaucrats
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Billions of Christians around the world will awake tomorrow morning to the same dawn that brings light to everyone’s darkness.
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On Sunday, thoughtful Americans reflected on what happened to our nation on Dec. 7, 1941. They also should be thinking about a report issued — coincidentally, we assume — last week.
Sunday was the anniversary of the Japanese attack on P
Changing course
Anyone who has taken a college-level economics course will be able to regurgitate the phrase “all other things being equal” right in front of some theory or postulate.
The Pennsylvania State Data Center’s prediction of another 25 percent
Don't forget them
The detritus of smashed pumpkins had yet to disappear from streets when we were plunged headlong into the Christmas shopping season.
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The age-old problem
The dilemma facing the Warren County School Board isn’t unusual in public administration, which is not to say that it’s easy.
The basic problem is this: People do not want their taxes raised; in fact, they want them lowered. At the same
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