President Obama’s overhaul of the financial regulatory system promises to add a new flavor to consumer financial products: “plain vanilla.” …
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Where Are The Bats?
Our bats are missing in action. The small clearing behind our Vermont vacation house is a neighborhood diner for little …
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Taxing Health Insurance Benefits
Being an employer of about 20 full-time staff in three states makes me look at health care reform differently than …
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Waiting For Life To Go On
As the winter’s meltdown recedes, financial markets have gotten over their worries about Armageddon. Now they are waiting for evidence …
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Protect Us From Our Protection
Health insurance is supposed to provide you with the assurance that if you have a medical emergency, you won’t be …
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Civil Cyberwar In Iran
As Iran’s hard-line government struggles to put down post-election protests, we may be seeing the first example of a civil …
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Congressional Kangaroos Hold Court
The kangaroos are holding court on Capitol Hill, where a House committee suspects Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke of preventing …
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