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...that point I thought the best thing to do was to call the police,” Stamos said...
...more than just this economic difference, a big ethical distinction exists between tampering with the mortgage market and with the life insurance market. In an increasingly interconnected business world in which the financial industry is never more than a BlackBerry’s call away from the health insurance industry, conflicts of interest are bound to arise. As the two legislative battles of the summer—financial regulation and health-care reform—have shown, the two industries are alike in their greed, ambition, and self-interest. Collusion is in the best interest of both sides: Insurance companies...
...school lesson plan originally asked students to, "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the President." That language was changed on Sept. 2 to "write letters to themselves about how they can achieve their short-term and long-term goals." Over the weekend, Secretary Duncan called the controversy "silly" and press secretary Robert Gibbs said, "If staying in school is a political message, then somebody should tell the NBA." Even Newt Gingrich (who will be joining Duncan and the Rev. Al Sharpton on a multicity speaking tour this fall to call attention to the nation...
...Iran there can be no moving on, not yet, because what has happened is not over. Not with show trials being broadcast on state television, the cautionary call of a worried regime, met every night by the response across rooftops, "Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar" (God is great, God is great). Not with every holiday, religious event and memorial day an opportunity, a possibility, for protest. Things are not yet over in Iran. The phrase "Atash zire khakestar" (There is yet fire under the ash) is heard a lot these days...
Hatoyama said that Japan had been "buffeted by the winds of market fundamentalism in a U.S.-led movement that is usually called globalization." He said that "unrestrained market fundamentalism and financial capitalism" are "devoid of morals or moderation," and criticized a "way of thinking based on the idea that American-style free-market economics represents a universal and ideal economic order." "The influence of the U.S. is declining," Hatoyama wrote, in a "new era of multipolarity." While saying that the "Japan-US security pact will continue to be the cornerstone of Japanese diplomatic policy" (of course!) he insisted that...