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...study for the Brookings Institution, visiting fellow Ruy Teixeira and Emory University political-science professor Alan Abramowitz argue that the test for Democrats is not whether they can win working-class whites outright but whether they can hold their losses among these voters to 10 percentage points or less. In 2000 Al Gore lost them to George W. Bush by 17 percentage points; four years later, John Kerry lost them by 23 points. By contrast, Democratic candidates in the 2006 midterm elections ran 10 percentage points behind Republicans among working-class whites--and managed to win back the House...
...with my +2 broadsword. I wore that chain every day, from sixth grade to 17th grade, when my new girlfriend told me I had to take it off if I wanted to have sex. And when you're a struggling 22-year-old with two roommates, you don't hold on to sentimentality in the face of such demands. I would have taken out my gold fillings...
...Duncan had some pressing cash needs in high school that he chose not to expound upon. But even amid the recession, Duncan took his necklace back, happier with it than he'd ever been. "I feel like my dad was validated for all those years of telling me to hold on to my medal," he said. "It might go back on my rearview mirror...
...more or less aggressive. Right now it pays to play things safe, says Richard Bernstein, chief investment strategist at Merrill Lynch: "There is nothing wrong with cash." Yet be warned: yields on money-market funds and bank CDs are low and going lower. Don't plan on holding lots of cash for more than six months. One good option, says Bernstein, is Treasury bonds, which on a total-return basis have outperformed stocks in five of the past eight years--a first since the Depression. He believes that trend will hold this year. Bernstein also likes stocks of large...
...degree weather, the latter seemed likely. The HMS-CIA union made sense in the palm tree-lined, perfectly manicured estate (read: castle) of the former Christian Brothers Winery. But take the philosophy home; bring it back to Bell Buckle, Tennessee or Garfield, Arkansas. How well does nutritional advice hold up in the face of a deep-fried Twinkie or country-fried steak? In neighborhoods where residents have to take two buses to get to the nearest supermarket, how realistic is a recipe for beet salad with farro and crumbled gorgonzola? Even growing up in New York City, my unrepresentative taste...