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Consumer Bureau Protects The Prudent, As Well

Arnold Hamilton - January 10, 2012 0

BY FROMA HARROP Let’s set aside the back-and-forth over the recess appointment of Richard Cordray as chief watchdog at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama named the former Ohio attorney general to lead the agency when the Senate was supposedly out of session, which he’s allowed to do. Republicans refuse to confirm him […]

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Time For Action

Arnold Hamilton - January 10, 2012 1

BY SHARON MARTIN This month, in a Rasmussen poll of 3,000 likely voters, less than one quarter of those polled said this country was...

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A Prayer For America And Its People

Arnold Hamilton - January 9, 2012 4

BY NORM ROURKE Lord, our people are hurting. Our great country has been pushed to the brink by irresponsible leaders who show no compassion for...

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‘Smacks Of Fascism’

Arnold Hamilton - January 8, 2012 0

BY BOB BEARDEN The presidential contenders want to shrink the federal government. But does that also pertain to the executive branch? In their zeal...

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Goodbye, Habeas Corpus

Arnold Hamilton - January 7, 2012 0

BY ALEXANDER COCKBURN America changed as the new year stumbled across the threshold, but the big shift didn’t get much press, which is easy to understand. Can there be a deader news day than a New Year’s Eve that falls on a weekend? Besides, alive or dead, habeas corpus has never been a topic to […]

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