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...America—where the government generally refrains from interfering with our sense of who we are. Young Republicans may see little worth in more red tape—even if it’s wrapped around reinvigorated national pride. Young Democrats—who have ironically paid less attention to public culture over the last decade than Republicans—may fear the purview of the state over something as precious to progressives as the arts...
...didn't believe were good investments just to generate investment-banking fees. In one famous case, former Merrill Lynch analyst Henry Blodget told investors to buy stocks about which he privately wrote in e-mails to colleagues were "horrible," a "disaster" and a "POS," or piece of s___. Blodget paid $4 million to settle Spitzer's charges. The total civil penalties for Wall Street's research infractions reached $875 million. The conclusion: e-mail evidence was gold. (See the top 10 worst business deals...
...have passed, and, as President Obama put it, “this is a health care bill, not an abortion bill,” and in that vein, it must be recognized that reforming America’s health care delivery system is worth whatever reversible price must be paid to enact the required legislation...
...apparently, Harvard disagrees with commercial filming on campus, even though the university claims to be so strapped for funding. The Spee was paid a rumored $25,000 for just a few nights of filming in their garden—not even the building itself—and the University can’t even find enough money to make some pancakes every morning? Prisoners get hot breakfast, and they’re not paying $50,000 a year...
...attacked in the Gulf of Aden through September of this year, the Alakrana and its three dozen crew have been held hostage off the coast of Somalia for the past six weeks. The pirates have demanded a ransom of $4 million, far more than the $1.2 million reportedly paid to release another Spanish trawler that was hijacked in April 2008. There have been reports - though no confirmation - from Echebaster, the firm that owns the Alakrana, that the company would be willing to pay the amount. But for the moment, their willingness is largely irrelevant...