Seven Hundred Billion
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Will TARP Cover the Economy
Or Merely Protect the Wealthy?
Remember NY's Budget Tsouris
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September 23, 2008 - The Sun, Imperiled, Needs Backers: The New York Sun has told the public that, in the absence of a capital infusion by additional supporters, it will cease publication at the end of September.The Sun has been an enormous gift to the civic and cultural communities during the six and one-half years it has been in existence.
These are hard times for newspapers in general, with readers and advertisers switching to electronic means of communication... |
Twenty-Four Questions
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We Ask Questions
About Wall Street
Who is to Blame?
What to Do Next?
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September 19, 2008 - We wanted to write about the Wall Street crisis after it settled down. Apparently, however, matters will remain unsettled for awhile as Congress considers a massive bailout, and other developments are sure to come.
Rather than waiting for the dust to settle (We predict it never will), we would like to make a few observations today and ask two dozen questions that occurred to us over the last week as we watched seismic shifts take place the world of finance...
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Court of Lucre
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Surrogate Primary
In New York County
Is Almost Unnoticed
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September 12, 2008 - A very important election in New York County (Manhattan) was held Tuesday, but it was practically ignored by both mainstream and alternative media.
The position at stake was Surrogate Judge. It comes with a fourteen-year term. The Surrogate (the word is derived from the Latin sub rogatus) is someone who acts in place of another (cf., a surrogate mother). The Surrogate's duty is to act on behalf of the widows and orphans of people who have died (decedents), and to make decisions in cases involving squabbling heirs, or wannabe heirs... |
Silver Bullet
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Primary Lesson:
Silver Stronger
Than Editorials
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September 10, 2008 - People in politics have their own calendar. For them (or us), the most important day of the year is Election Day. The ultimate arbiters of victory and defeat in a democracy are the people. Election Day is the day they get the last word.
Primary Day is also quite important. In all cases, it determines who the candidates will be on election day... |
