Froma Harrop
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It seems almost anything goes with FHA loansOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Exactly who made Bernadine Shimon think that she could buy a new house shortly after declaring bankruptcy and losing another home to foreclosure? The American taxpayer, ...
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'America's Best Idea' meets one of the worstOct 24, 2009 11:00 pm - The Ken Burns series "The National Parks: America's Best Idea" got me thinking about one of America's worst ideas, the war on drugs. Particularly ill-conceived is the cr...
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Health care reform helps every generationOct 12, 2009 11:00 pm - In terms of health coverage, one date separates the most secure Americans from the least secure: a person's 65th birthday. Age 65 is when one qualifies for Medicare, the...
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Lindsay Lohan and the fashion crashSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Every time the economy swoons and the racks groan with the weight of unsold women's clothing, purveyors of fashion talk up "investment dressing." Investment dressing ent...
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No, red states are not better than blue statesAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - In an entertaining but silly political game, partisans score points by comparing statistics of so-called red states and blue states. Conservative Ross Douthat does that ...
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Cash for clunkers brilliant for our timesAug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - This is what I told my friend Frank: Under the "cash for clunkers" program, you could get more money for your '93 Mercury Grand Marquis than it was worth - up to $4,500 ...
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Mature women want their stories on screenJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Back when the boomers were babes, the girls would strut and preen around a stylish health food restaurant in Manhattan. No one took much note of a 70ish woman in comfy s...
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New rules could save borrowers from themselvesJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - An 11th commandment could read: Thou shalt not cheat the meek. Morality is reason alone for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency to shield the little guys from the len...
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Timid Obama succumbs to old politicsJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week was tough for the hopeful ones who believed President Obama's vow to break with the old politics. Every day, it seems, he caved to a Democratic interest group....
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Deficit worry is the greenest shootJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Never mind firmer retail sales, rising stock prices and moderating job losses. The greenest shoot is Americans' changing economic fixation. There's less panic over colla...