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    Komen’s Nancy Brinker Should Explain or Step Down

    FEBRUARY 9, 2012 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: health, charity, scandals, nonprofit management, ethics, business, susan g. komen for the cure, race for the cure, planned parenthood, karen handel, nancy brinker, “promise me”, huffington post, amanda terkel, cliff stearns, npr board chairman dave edwards, james o’keefe, ron schiller, vivian shiller

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 1641 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    The GOP’s Assault Upon Economic Reality

    JANUARY 30, 2012 5:31PM

    By Paul Nevins


    Topics: politics, open+call, news, movies, family, economy, business, books, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 2155 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    Drilling, Baby, We're Drilling

    JANUARY 30, 2012 8:44AM

    By Laura Deurmyer


    Topics: mldand-odessa texas, west texas, texas, oil, politics, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 3959 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    I was once homeless

    JANUARY 27, 2012 11:47AM

    By PatienceP


    Topics: bankrupt, homeless, unemployed myths debunked, family, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 47 Ratings
    • 1222 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    The Circle of Life

    JANUARY 24, 2012 12:40PM

    By BuffyW


    Topics: economy, business, politics, obama, health insurance, what now, open call, life adjustments, unemployment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2057 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    The Trivialization of U.S. Politics

    JANUARY 22, 2012 8:17AM

    By Paul Nevins


    Topics: belief/religion, books, business, economy, family, health, news, open+call, science, television

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 4734 Views
    • 42 Comments
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    Why I Told My Daughter to Quit Her Job

    JANUARY 17, 2012 8:03PM

    By Holly Robinson


    Topics: job market statistics, adult children, parenting, business, economy, living wage, salaries, life choices, college majors, career counseling, careers, quitting a job, college graduates, empty nesters, unemployment

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2805 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    GOP Economics: Failure Is Not An Option. It's a Requirement.

    JANUARY 16, 2012 5:13PM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: unions, labor, democrats, republicans, politics, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 753 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    The Creationists

    JANUARY 11, 2012 1:30PM

    By Gary Justis


    Topics: cartoon saturday, cartoon saturdays, members of the grand old reptilian party (g.o.r.p.), jobs, evil toast, animals, business, comedy, environment, family, food/drink, little folk, labor, jobs, 1%, pre-history, comedy, cartoon

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 2597 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    A Better Class of Criminal

    JANUARY 6, 2012 8:21AM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: chicago, unions, labor, environment, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1204 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    Reality AWOL in the Politics of 2011

    DECEMBER 21, 2011 12:24PM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: politics, business, 2012 republican primary contest, michele bachmann, newt gingrich, herman cain, gridlock, christmas, season of discontent

    • Editor's Pick
    • 39 Ratings
    • 4264 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    “No Poor Man Ever Gave Me A Job”

    DECEMBER 16, 2011 3:08PM

    By Bob Simpson


    Topics: business, politics, global economy, farm workers, housekeeping, sweatshops, poor people, poverty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1816 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    No thanks, Time Magazine

    DECEMBER 15, 2011 11:02AM

    By Tommi Avicolli Mecca


    Topics: occupy wall street, time magazine, person of the year, politics, news, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 1721 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Disinvesting the Mitt Romney Way

    DECEMBER 15, 2011 8:29AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: mitt romney is cheap, american pad & paper company, boston globe, cutting government, marc wolpow, geoffrey rehnert, thrifty habits”, “two romneys: wealthy man, new york times, romney as ceo, takeover artists, corporate raider, dain capital, herman cain, newt gingrich, michele bachmann, ann romney, mitt romney, 2012 republican primary contest, business, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 18 Ratings
    • 1593 Views
    • 15 Comments
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    The Heartbreaking Upper Big Branch Mine Settlement

    DECEMBER 8, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: corporate murder, corporations are people too, regulatory capture, mike elk, senator joe manchin, deregulation, government regulation, environmental regulation, all the devils are here, bethany mclean, inc., mccoy coal group, npr, howard berkes, jr., ken ward, richard trumpka, coal tattoo, charleston gazette, alpha national resources, kevin stricklin, increasingly clean coal, tony oppegard, msha, mine safety and health administration, gary wayne quarles. booth goodwin, gary quarles, don blankenship, massey energy, rex mullins, clay mullins, upper big branch mine settlement, upper big branch mine disaster, coal mining disasters, coal mining, coal, environment, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 900 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    A Gem of a Book Store -- Nicola's Books, Ann Arbor, MI

    DECEMBER 2, 2011 3:02PM

    By Lisa Vogel


    Topics: books, business, economy, declaration of independents, open call

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1323 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Out But Not Down--Engineering My Own Business

    NOVEMBER 29, 2011 1:25AM

    By HL Lee


    Topics: the fleeting world, my brilliant second career, open call, startup companies, business, economy, family, technology

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1446 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    The Supercommittee Solution That Wasn’t

    NOVEMBER 23, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: congressional gridlock, paul ryan, senator patrick toomey (r-pa), the center on budget and policy priorities, cut, cut, cut, social security cuts, medicare cuts, farm subsidy cuts, defense cuts, budget cuts, bush tax cuts, supercommittee fails, grover norquist, u.s. debt reduction, sequestration, super committee, supercommittee, taxes, economy, business

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2128 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Farewell to Record Stores

    NOVEMBER 22, 2011 11:32AM

    By Gregg Ivers


    Topics: technology, open+call, business, albums, record stores, audio, popular music, music, art in crisis

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 997 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    The Blues, and a Ford Machine

    NOVEMBER 6, 2011 3:47PM

    By Steven Bridenbaugh


    Topics: business, economy, music, working, careers, idaho, carpentry, guitar

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