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Meryl likes her food. On Sunday, veteran actress Meryl Streep has a chance to take home her third Oscar, for portraying Julia Child in Nora Ephron's film "Julie & Julia." (It's Streep's 16th nomination.) As charming as Streep is as the towering, funny-voiced woman who revolutionized American...
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If ever there was a need in the belief of an invisible hand, a regulator with enforcement, it would be in the financial industry.
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This chart from the Government Accountability Office puts the need for a publicly accountable health care system into a clearer perspective. You’ll note that back in 2000 the total percentage of Gross Domestic Product consumed by Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid together was a mere eight percent. Medicare and Medicaid accounted for half...
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