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Psychology Of Politics

Arnold Hamilton - March 7, 2014 1

BY SHARON MARTIN If you see politicians and power brokers destroying the country and do nothing about it, you are part of the problem. Let the...

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BY JOE CONASON For the sake of America’s poor, a sincere conservative effort to improve the programs that serve them is very desirable – especially so long as Republicans control the House of Representatives, where they habitually yearn to cut or defund those same programs. For months, Washington has eagerly awaited the latest version of […]

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Pot Petitions Seek To Bypass Lege

Arnold Hamilton - March 6, 2014 10

BY RICHARD L. FRICKER From all appearances Frank Grove fits nicely into the generally accepted definition of a" millennial," someone born between 1980-2000. Grove is...

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A Financial Transaction Tax On High Frequency Traders

Arnold Hamilton - March 5, 2014 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Have you heard about High Frequency Trading? Get ready to be dazzled! HFT is sweeping, purely speculative financial transactions that have been made possible by huge leaps in technology. Done by super-fast computers, using mathematical algorithms, HFT searches millions of prices at lightning speeds and places bets automatically. Transaction times are measured […]

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So Much For The New Russia

Arnold Hamilton - March 5, 2014 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH It didn’t take very long for the smiling sports fan cheering in the Olympic stands to revert to his true nature. I’m referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the former KGB leader whose idea of diplomacy is sending in the troops. The Olympics ended, and the war began. It resembles nothing so […]