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...anti-regulation ideological bent of the Reagan administration sped this transformation, but the Clinton years were the really interesting ones. In the aftermath of the savings and loan collapse and a banking-industry near-miss there was a flurry of activity aimed at keeping banks healthy, not by shoving them back into their New Deal box but by reasserting their central role in the financial system. Glass-Steagall repeal can best be understood as part of this effort. So was 1994 legislation allowing interstate branching. This was a bipartisan movement: The Gramm-Leach-Bliley legislation passed the Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: While the Regulators Fiddled ... | 9/17/2008 | See Source »

...types of medications they take," says Campos. "Diabetes is a consequence of being overweight, but [another complication] is having to take medications that add to weight gain. It's a double-edged sword, and a vicious cycle." The solution, he points out, may be to rely on newer anti-diabetes drugs, such as the DPP-IV inhibitors (like Januvia, the first to receive FDA approval), that can help patients keep their blood sugar and weight under control. "We can have even better results in controlling diabetes after gastric bypass surgery if we change the way we manage diabetes until these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gastric Bypass Surgery Less Helpful for Diabetics | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

...anti-Semitic to ask why the Palestinians should pay the price for the ghastly crime of the Germans?” Matory wrote in a Crimson opinion piece last September. “Why were the property rights of the German perpetrators sacrosanct and those of the guiltless Palestinians adjudged an acceptable casualty...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Matory To Join Duke Faculty | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

...that case too, Matory spoke out against what he perceived as pro-Israel bias, condemning Summers for saying that professors calling for a divestiture of Israel were “anti-Semitic in effect, if not in intent...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Matory To Join Duke Faculty | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

Earlier this year, Senator Barack Obama stirred up controversy when he said that working-class voters were “bitter” because of a lack of economic opportunity. He argued that religious bigotry, nativism, and anti-trade sentiment were an outgrowth of this frustration. Although he phrased his sentiments poorly, Obama touched upon a valid point. When people lose their jobs, the natural reaction for many is to blame someone else. Immigrants, legal and illegal, are an easy scapegoat, especially during economic downturns. Given the endless stream of bad news about the economy as of late...

Author: By Anthony P. Dedousis | Title: The Bitter Taste of Bigotry | 9/16/2008 | See Source »

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