The old saying, “The check is in the mail” is often a ruse not worth heeding. But beginning April 12, checks began going into the mail for 4.2 million mortgage borrowers who were in the…
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The push for tighter gun control suffered a major setback this week when the Senate blocked or defeated common-sense legislation to reduce gun violence. President Barack Obama’s effort to tighten the nation’s gun laws in…
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The right wing seems determined to associate President Barack Obama with any government program that helps people on the bottom. Thus, the term Obama-care was used to attack the health care program that Obama fashioned…
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There has been much discussion about the big-picture items in President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal 2014. If the devil is in the details, as politicians like to say, some parts of Obama’s budget…
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President Barack Obama has made it official. The Boston Marathon bombing was an “act of terror,” he declared. But here’s my little message to whoever is responsible: Make no mistake, I don’t feel terrorized; I…
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“If you see something, say something.” How many times have we heard or read that phrase as we walked through an airport or train station? How many times have we actually seen an unattended bag,…
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