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Joe Miller Campaign Funded By God, K Street

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Ryan Grim

This story has been updatedAlaska Republican Joe Miller is telling his supporters that he is refusing to take corporate and out-of-state money, yet the Tea-Party-backed candidate has hired a prominent K Street fundraiser to help with his bid for the Se… Continue reading →

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Skokie Burglar Apologizes: Tells Resident He Has No Job, Children To Support

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Jen Sabella

A man who broke into a woman’s home in north suburban Skokie last week made off with about $700 in cash and jewelry–but also a heavy heart. Police are now searching for a burglar with a guilt complex.According to the Chicago Tribune, a woman living in… Continue reading →

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$547 Million Can’t Paper Over Failure of Afghanistan War

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Derrick Crowe

The Pentagon’s public relations machine is working overtime these days trying to sell a theme of “progress” in Afghanistan to push back against calls to end the war. The message machine behind this push is gargantuan, costing $547 million and employing… Continue reading →

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My Challenge: I’m Going to Wear Only 6 Interchangeable Items During New York Fashion Week

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Ysolt Usigan

When the Today show challenged financial editor Jean Chatzky to wear only six items for 30 days, my heart sank. If I was asked to do the same, there’s no way I would survive. (Confession: I don’t think I’ve even worn a single item in my wardrobe six ti… Continue reading →

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How Religion Changes Lives

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Eileen Flanagan

I have a friend who describes herself as “a controlling type of person,” a single mom who tends to worry about money and germs. A practicing Muslim, she says that fasting during Ramadan helps her to feel more peaceful, despite the physical difficulty. … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged anxiety, anxious person, change, clerical job, daily prayer, difficulty, germs, intense period, money, person, physical difficulty, prayer, Ramadan, self denial, single mom, society, spiritual, spiritual practice, tradition, type | Leave a comment

The New Marijuana Middle Class

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Heather Donahue

Marijuana brings an estimated $14 billion a year to California. That number is enough to inspire awe, drool even, when thinking of the slice that could be devoured by the state’s hungry coffers. Add to that number the money saved on enforcing prohibiti… Continue reading →

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Why Cheaper Money Won’t Mean More Jobs

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Robert Reich

Can the Fed rescue the economy by making money even cheaper than it already is? A debate is being played out in the Fed about whether it should return to so-called “quantitative easing” — buying more mortgage-backed securities, Treasury bills, and oth… Continue reading →

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Africa’s Poorest Women Can Teach Us How to Manage Our Money

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Suzanne Skees

photo by Karl GroblMore… Continue reading →

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Obama and Jobs–He Should Look to FDR

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Saul Friedman

Judging by his record of job creation, which has been rather benign during the worst employment drought since the Great Depression, it should be clear by now that Barack Obama is no Franklin Roosevelt. Although he admires the Roosevelt legacy, he seems… Continue reading →

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To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Boyd Morrison

When I was looking for a publisher in the olden days of 2008 (47 years ago in ebook time), it seemed clear that the way to make a living as a writer was to get an agent, find a publisher, sell your book in stores, and wait for the money truck to back i… Continue reading →

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