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Mention the words “fiscal stimulus,” and the reaction is predictable, dividing along party lines. For the Democrats, the way to stimulate the economy is to “put money back in the pockets of the people who will spend it.” Liberals want ...

A lava field on Hawaii’s Big Island turns out to be a prime stargazing spot for cosmological illiterates like me. Hawaii is “the best place in the world to do astronomy,” said Jon Lomberg, 60, a collaborator of the late ...

I was the victim of a form of identity theft — twice. I’m not particularly proud of this fact. On both occasions, my credit-card numbers were stolen. The first time, someone pilfered my account to ring up betting charges in ...

When the U.S. Federal Reserve surprised the markets with a 0.75-point reduction in the federal funds rate last week, it did something unprecedented. Ever since the Fed began announcing changes in its policy stance in February 1994, it has been ...

You wouldn’t think that something like municipal bond insurance would cause a temper tantrum. Think again. There are people out there who don’t like municipal bond insurance. They don’t like the idea of it, and its apparent survival is driving ...

Do you have a personal investment policy? If so, you knew how to behave these past four months. If not, you voyaged from “should I sell?” to “too late to sell now” to “what stock market? I’m too busy playing ...

Believe it or not, with the approach of this year’s Festivus Maximus, we are already about to celebrate the fourth anniversary of The Wardrobe Malfunction. Only a small percentage of the population, even of those who watched it, remembers who ...

With plaintiffs’ lawyer John Edwards and ex-prosecutor Rudy Giuliani both out of the race in one day, who should lawyers vote for in the presidential primary on Tuesday? As a member of the bar, who should be your knight in ...

With plaintiffs’ lawyer John Edwards and ex-prosecutor Rudy Giuliani both out of the race in one day, who should lawyers vote for in the presidential primary on Tuesday? As a member of the bar, who should be your knight in ...

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