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Anxious Delusions

By Noni Mausa Courtesy of Science News, here, we find that mental disorders are actually under-diagnosed, rather than the other way around. Rates of common mental disorders double up Depression,…

Somewhere Peter G. Peterson is weeping.

double down with this WaPo OpEd Protecting Our Seniors: GOP Principles for Health Care that reads in part: Republicans want reform that should, first, do no harm, especially to our…

Can the U.S. Government do anything right ?

…than double the cost so it is still chicken feed compared to the cost of the war). I guess the people smuggling opium out of Afghanistan will maybe smuggle wheat…

Inner workings of a PR campaign

…corporation. Bill Moyers has a series of interviews scheduled where Wendall Potter lays out his case. As a consumer, if predictions come true that premiums double in the next ten…

What is competition?

…more players (as in MA)? 2. When prices double for a product in 8 years, how is competition working to control costs? How is this claim for competition proved? I…

Consumer Financial Product Agency

…who chose double-cycle billing to be included within the terms and conditions of his or her credit card contract. It was a great moment. If the status quo is about…

Goldman Sach’s doubles bonuses?

…Sachs Group Inc. is on track to pay out as much as $20 billion this year, or about $700,000 per employee. That would be nearly double the firm’s $363,000 average…