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• Canadians say goodbye, or adieu, to the penny

  Fri Mar 30, 2012
  • I penny note made is a penny earned!!

• Romney: 'I'm going to lower rates across the board'

  Wed Feb 22, 2012
  • OK, so Mitt wants to play a little 3-card Monty with the tax code. He'll cut taxes on the wealthy, but also raise taxes, so the the wealthy will pay less, and more and the same. And so will everyone else. So don't worry about it. This game is easy. All you have to do is watch, and trust me.

• White House to accommodate religious-affiliated groups on contraception

  Fri Feb 10, 2012
  • Someone has to say this. I don't recall this much outrage from the Catholic church when their priests were molesting boys. But having an insurance contract coverage something as sinful as contraception -- they have to take a stand against that. They should be gentler with the world.

• Nation's debt passes grim milestone

  Mon Jan 9, 2012
  • The key figure to compare that flat figure (as large as it is) of $15 trillion is not to a one-year time-frame number like GDP but to the national WEALTH figure or, if one prefers, a national ASSET figure.

• Who will win the World Series?

  Mon Oct 26, 2009
  • How about the slop vendors serve up on the streets of NY, huh? Nathan's Famous are good, but not exactly a culinary masterpiece.

• 4 reported shot, hostages taken in N.Y. state

  Fri Apr 3, 2009
  • I grew up in suburban Binghamton, which is to say not too far away from the downtown area where this happened. I have a good friend who works just blocks from the shooting.

• Element 126 should form a stable diatomic molecule with fluorine

  Mon Mar 6, 2006
  • After seeing a NOVA episode about this, I determined that Element 126 would plausibly fill a big hole in the plot of a novel I had thought about for a long time.

• Newsvine Q&A: Chuck Todd on U.S. Politics

  Mon Oct 20, 2008
  • Hello Chuck,

• Eye on the Economy: Bailout Q&A

  Tue Sep 23, 2008
  • Complex decisions and plans made quickly never work. Does the quarterback stand at the line of scrimmage or in the huddle and make up a play right then? No. Ever audibles are pre-planned.

• McCain defends deregulation, endorses bailout

  Mon Sep 22, 2008
  • Power Pickle, I appreciate your effort to keep the argument from becoming personal.