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• Calif. aid request rebuffed by Obama team

  Tue Jun 16, 2009
  • Geithner is hilarious! "In testimony before Congress, Geithner did not rule out aiding California. But he was far from enthusiastic about such a proposal, instead suggesting that Congress was better positioned to help the states — and that states should balance their budgets.

• School catches cheaters, cancels graduation

  Fri Jun 5, 2009
  • "Kids these days grow up with computers from the day they're born...I would not be surprised to learn that the kids were more proficient using computers than their teachers"

• Poll: Public concerned about size of deficit

  Mon Jun 8, 2009
  • "Will health insurance ‘haves’ pay for ‘have-nots’?"

• School catches cheaters, cancels graduation

  Fri Jun 5, 2009
  • I teach in a university, and on the first day of class, I spell out my policy on cheating. If I catch you cheating, you get zero points for the assignment and -25 points for the cheating.

• Surprise: Uncle Sam's jobless gift has strings

  Fri Mar 6, 2009
  • I asked at the unemployment office about possible extension of benefits under TARP (in my circumstances specifically). I collect partial unemployment, working 3 part-time jobs because I cannot find anything full time (except burger flipping).

• Surprise: Uncle Sam's jobless gift has strings

  Fri Mar 6, 2009
  • Mailman said:

• Plan to buy foreclosures meets with criticism

  Mon Feb 23, 2009
  • If it comes to it, and the foreclosed houses are bought by housing authorities and rented to low income people moving from projects, etc., then the housing authorities should be required to help the tenants integrate into the new community.

• IRS wrongly paid out $1 billion in 2007 refunds

  Thu Oct 30, 2008
  • Time for a flat consumption based tax. the IRS code has gotten so huge that it is impossible for anyone to know if they are paying what they should, and impossible for the government to know if anything is accurate.

• U.S. gambles blamed for world's financial crisis

  Tue Sep 30, 2008
  • From my Dave Ramsey email:

• 10 Tips: Save on college textbooks

  Tue Aug 12, 2008
  • I use Half.com for books. We saved over $400 for Fall 08 semester books this summer alone. You do have to watch a little though. Standard shipping is Media Mail ($a little over $3) (formerly USPS Book Rate) and can take up to 10 days to 2 weeks to arrive.