As I am apt to do most of the time I am in my car, driving to and from work, I was listening to NPR yesterday evening and I heard a story that brought back a lot of memories. Melissa Block, one of the hosts of All Things Considered, was revisiting a story that...
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I have caught very little news in the last few days, due to the personal reasons heretofore mentioned. As I was browsing the news yesterday and listening to NPR this morning, one thing was very clear. The criticisms being put forth by those who disagree with the health care reform legislation just signed into...
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As I am apt to do while driving, I was listening to NPR’s news programming as I was heading home from work yesterday. All Things Considered and Morning Edition are programs I enjoy, as I feel they are usually fair and balanced in what they report and how they report it. They were playing...
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When the larger banks in the United States were receiving bailout funds from the federal government in October of 2008, many people wondered if we would ever see most of that money again. I was in the crowd who figured it was gone for good. Most of it will probably never be seen again,...
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If our country were not having such economic trouble, it would be completely hilarious to watch economists and other so-called experts trying to predict what our economy is going to do next. Anyone who happens to be paying attention to the news knows that unemployment is higher than it has been for years. Twenty-six...
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My readers (all three of you) are probably going to think I am way behind the times with this story, but I think it bears mentioning. Imagine my surprise as I was listening to NPR this morning and one of the commentators said something about how health care reform was going to have a...
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As some of you may know, I am apt to listen to NPR’s Morning Edition on the way to work every morning. I have found them to lean a bit left, but overall to be fairly even and balanced in what they report and how they report it. I have to say however, I...
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As I am apt to do most mornings, I have been listening to NPR’s Morning Edition on the way to work and have been paying special attention to their coverage of the health care debate in Congress. They featured a story yesterday about a group of six Senators who were trying to reach an...
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Mike Huckabee was interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered this evening and he had this to say about why the Republican Party lost the election. The former Arkansas governor says Republicans lost the presidential election this year, along with roughly 27 House and Senate seats, because “people want there to be an effective government,...
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In a new development concerning the economic crisis surrounding the mortgage industry, FOX News is reporting the FBI is investigating mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, along with Insurer American International Group (AIG) and Lehman Brothers. While I am not a vindictive person, I believe this investigation is a good thing, if...
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