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Let's look at the bright side. This process might save individual Americans a great deal of money. This administration is proving to America that the cost of an Ivy League education might not be much of an investment for their children. Brilliant professors whose ideas are so far from the real world will not help to create graduates that are ready to hit the ground running. One can More

Why is it that we remain so incredibly focused on terrorism to the exclusion of all other issues that at the deepest level represent an even greater threat to the survival of the United States? If we would approach all the other issues which face the United States with the same zeal as we do in the war on terrorism, we would have a paradise on earth. Why is our government so incredibly More

The only logical next step is DNA profiling: Step 1 - correlate DNA with earning potential and isolate the sequences - aka markers for success. Step 2 - establish obstacles for those little buggars - I know a few union teachers that can slow them down! Step 3 - adjust standardized test with a DNA coefficient - 'can't have these smart-alecks make our kids feel dumb. Step 4 - the DNA More

The President already made it clear to supporters in Detroit that he cares nothing about the economy. His new career ideas plan is politically-crafted and simply designed to cause Republicans - who are scared to death by even more spending - to vote against his plan and give the President something to run against. Republicans - the President's new job ideas will fail just as spectacularly More

Hi Catherine, one of the reasons behind the 15% capital gains tax calculator gains tax is to encourage investment. Investing in companies involves risk and in some cases, like IPO's a lot of risk. Capital losses that you can deduct from your income tax is capped at $3,000 per year, yet there is no limit on taxation of capital gains. In a bad year it is easy to accumulate large tax losses More

The article writer misses the point that all of us - individuals in a hurry AND those who want to take a more leisurely pace - should be aware of of others around us and attempt to accommodate them. The analogy I am looking for is something akin to the courtesies we do or should afford each other while driving in a multi-lane road. If you are slower than others, you should be aware More

in addition to calf muscle mass, BMI also doesn't take into account bone mass. Nor does it factor in the role race/ethnicity plays in bone density and muscle mass (e.g., African-Americans have higher bone density ratios than whites, who in turn have higher rations than Asian-Americans). As high school and college athlete, I weighed 145 pounds, and at 5'10 wore a size 4 the same as More

The tragedy that befell New Orleans should not be viewed through the lens of party politics. It only cheapens the pain and suffering and suffering of the awful event. The pain and suffering could have been mitigated by the residents themselves by heeding the calls to evacuate ahead of the storm. The despicable behavior we saw on TV of some of the New Orleans citizenry after the catastrophe More

Some women want their cake and eat it too. They want to be sexually liberated, cut-throat in the business world like men, yet they want men to act like it's medieval times and treat them like princesses on the days and times of their choosing. Then act surprised and disgusted when these men are instead only looking for hook-ups due to the (relatively) recent easily found availability More

All of the articles I have read about this proposed change in policy calculate the decrease in yield on municipals vs. the current 35% maximum tax rate. If our fearless leader has his way this rate will increase to 39.5% in 2013, further reducing the value of the proposed 28% deduction for municipal interest income. Also, I have not read anywhere whether this income will be characterized More