Anna Pfaehler analyses the financial planning outlook for same-sex couples in the wake of DOMA’s legal defeat.
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Bright Lights, Dark City
What do Brazil’s demonstrators want? Maybe, for starters, someone who cares enough to turn on a few lights.
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When Good News Is Bad News
Bernanke painted an optimistic picture of the economy last week. So why did financial markets recoil?
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Can The Senate Conduct A Limited Nuclear War?
Harry Reid hopes he can use the “nuclear option” in a limited way. Nobody has ever wanted to test that idea until now.
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A Slow Track To Nowhere
A streetcar in Fort Lauderdale won’t take you where you want to go, but it will deliver federal dollars. That’s good enough.
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The Person Inside The Package
The Supreme Court may rule against race-based affirmative action, but a thorough search for talent will still yield a diverse group.
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In The Trading Game, The House Wins
If you don’t have better information or faster execution, you won’t win the trading game. So why play?
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This Year’s Tiger Cub Is An Only Child
This summer’s hot topic is whether there is anything wrong with being an only child, or with having one. Who needs to judge?
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Give Predatory Towing The Boot
Tow trucks swoop in on improperly parked cars, ransoming them back to motorists. The punishment is often disproportionate.
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Crafting New Tools For Evolving Problems
We are not a perfectly just society, but we are not a society that endorses poll taxes and whites-only country clubs, either.
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