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...THRIFT-store sales are up. Cars are shrinking. P. Diddy retired his private jet to save on gas. In hard times, people often rediscover the peace that prudence brings, when you try to spend a little less than you have because tomorrow might be worse. But that feels almost un-American; we're optimists by nature, and we've been living large for so long that solvency feels like a sacrifice. It will take some sustained character education--and leadership--to understand that morning in America is more likely to come again if we prepare for midnight...
...problem largely created by the Fed and the Treasury is something that only the Fed and the Treasury are smart enough to fix." Others went further: "It's financial socialism," Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky told Paulson and Bernanke at a stormy Senate Banking Committee hearing, "and it's un-American." Bunning, a conservative, was echoed by Senator Chris Dodd, a Connecticut liberal: "After reading this proposal, I can only conclude that it is not just our economy that is at risk, but our Constitution as well...
...will go along. A bloc on the far right of the Republican Party will say no because they are philosophically against it (and because they are from securely red districts or states); Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning, using his typically heightened rhetoric, went so far as to call the proposal "un-American." And a group on the left will oppose it because they see it as a bailout for Wall Street executives (and because they're from securely blue districts or states). But it seems clear that Paulson and Bernanke managed to hit the mark with their three pages. And even...
...Nixon Administration for his reporting on Watergate in the 1970s, Edwin Guthman was never afraid to pursue a story. In the era of McCarthyism, he made his mark while working for the Seattle Times, where he uncovered evidence that a professor targeted by the state's Committee on Un-American Activities had been wrongly accused. His investigation not only salvaged the academic's career but also earned Guthman a Pulitzer Prize...
...fear of litigation has led to more women in labor being tethered to monitors and forced under the knife. And pro--home birthers are pushing the notion that choosing where and how to give birth should be regarded as a civil rights issue. "Legislating against home birth is totally un-American and unfair," says Joan Bryson, who has worked as a midwife in New York City for 17 years. "We rank 42nd in the world in live births, and we spend more money than anyone else. You can't blame it on home birth...