Posted on July 20th, 2011 by EricaLiscano
As children, toys are one of our most important vehicles to understanding life’s complexities, giving us the opportunity express a vast array of emotions and scenarios. Toys provide a blank canvas for us to interject our own role-playing needs, a mean to solve problems and answer questions… a way to safely explore what sometimes worries and frightens us.
This is the subject of artist David Levintal’s most recent photographic exhibition, entitled Toyland.
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Posted on July 19th, 2011 by Cartoon Blog
As the August 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling grows near, several economists and organizations, let by Warren Buffett, are calling for an end of the debt ceiling entirely, arguing it is nothing more than an “artificial limit” that ends up wasting time in Congr …
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Posted on July 10th, 2011 by Jennifer Tan
In case you missed it, please read this 6/29/11 NYT’s article that shows consumer support for our government’s doing its damnest to protect and preserve the American Dream of Home Ownership. The article details polls taken on viewpoints on Home Ownership which is still regarded as better than renting due to the tax advantages of [...]
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Posted on June 7th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Sunday was the 66th Anniversary of D-Day. That’s something you would have missed if you only paid attention to statements by President Obama and the White House.
Last year, of course, there was much pomp and circumstance celebrating the 65th anniversary of the largest land invasion in history
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Posted on May 6th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
An ordinary American rallying cry against PC insanity.
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Posted on April 30th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
Everyone knows tax increases are coming.
But a Wall Street Journal editorial explains that these hikes will be bigger than expected, with taxes on dividends nearly tripling.
Last week, the Senate Budget Committee passed a fiscal 2011 budget that includes a 164 percent increase in the top dividend tax rate to 39.6 percent from 15 percent now.
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Posted on April 9th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
AP is reporting that John Paul Stevens, the longest-serving justice on the Supreme Court, will retire at the end of this term.
Stevens began signaling a possible retirement last summer when he hired just one of his usual complement of four law clerks for the next court term. He acknowledged in several interviews that he [...]
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Posted on April 6th, 2010 by Carlo Capomazza
That’s how much Meg Whitman’s campaign says she has committed to spend in the race to succeed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), and run a state that faces severe economic hardship.
A release from the former eBay executive’s campaign this morning spells out her latest contribution:
CUPERTINO – Meg Whitman, Republican candidate for Governor, today announced that [...]
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