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Cars: What We Need Vs. What We Want

Arnold Hamilton - May 20, 2009 0

BY FROMA HARROP The new fuel-efficiency and emission standards may lead to smaller cars with lighter engines. This is not what consumers prefer, auto analysts tell us. They may be right that Americans want big, cheap cars. They also want free gasoline, clean air and complementary cocktails in coach. Meanwhile, they don’t want to send […]

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Youth Movement

Arnold Hamilton - May 20, 2009 0

BY DALE DENWALT Earlier this month, Democratic legislators in the Oklahoma House of Representatives tapped 30-year-old Rep. Scott Inman to lead the caucus after the...

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You Can Always Count On Greed Of Wall Street Bankers

Arnold Hamilton - May 19, 2009 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER No doubt you’re going to feel terrible about this. Top executives of Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street powerhouse, are in a pout about how they’re being treated by you and me – i.e., the public. These execs are used to being revered as financial geniuses, but having taken a $10 billion bailout […]

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The Michelle Of It All

Arnold Hamilton - May 19, 2009 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH She is the most popular and most admired woman in the world. She has smarts, beauty, style, a great husband, a great mother, two beautiful children and a very handsome dog. Everyone loves Michelle Obama. Except for half the people I run into every day. “Do you really like her?” they say […]

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Money Talks

Arnold Hamilton - May 19, 2009 0

BY ARNOLD HAMILTON When I covered the Texas Legislature years ago, a state Senate staffer delighted in passing out cigars that bore a wrapper-slogan truism of the...