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Nugent explains Reagan-Bush Economics I love it when rightwingers fight with each other. Tom Nugent reads and then objects to something from the WSJ oped pages: A recent Wall Street…

Tom Delay Lame Duck U.S. Rep. Chris Bell isn’t mincing words. He’s filed an ethics complaint against Tom Delay in the House and yesterday wrote an Op/Ed in the Houston…

Why Is Brazil Ahead of the US…fuel

…natural gas, other than the odd city bus or garbage truck in random municipalities? The answer is a simple but unpleasant one. See, we in the US would label the…

Housing Update

…considered almost risk-free because if the borrowers default, Fannie or Freddie will pay off the loans (assuming Fannie and Freddie remain solvent). Non-conforming loans go into pools known as private-label