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The title of this post is the title of this great-looking article from Professors Joe Hoffmann and Nancy King now available on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Essay argues that federal habeas review of state criminal cases squanders resources the federal government should be using to...
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An election is upon us!  (Apologies to readers outside the U.S. but I know our national obsession is big news everywhere these days.)  The purpose of this blog is not to take sides politically, so I won’t be pushing a platform.  I do want to urge all U.S. citizens to get out and vo...
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2008-10-02  Startup Toolbox
Robert Reich, Labor Secretary in the Clinton Administration and NPR pundit, has a terrific blog as well.  He has a lot to say about the failure of banks, credit markets and the proposed “Wall Street Bailout”. He posted a blog today about the terms of the bailout and why it...
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a host of health care reform bills on Tuesday. Some of them were to be expected. For example, he struck down Senate Bill 840, Senator Sheila Keuhl’s attempt to create a government-run, single payer system in the state. The Governor has bee...
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October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in the United States. More than 25,000 children are stillborn in the United States every year leaving mothers, entire families and communities devastated. Estimates of the rate of occurrence of stillbirth make it at lea...
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  Stanley Feld M.D.,FACP,MACE I believe in the power of the free market if the rules are fair to all.  Logic and common sense should determine healthcare policy. I am suspicious of the validity of pilot studies designed to test healthcare policy initiatives. The studies usually are def...
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Democrats for the most part are simply better politicians than Republicans.  Democrats seem to be first in front of a microphone, first to lob a grenade, and can without flinching be Teflon deflecting an issue to Republicans, greedy Wall Street types, Big Oil, or to Mother Theresa.  ...
In its latest attempts to unfreeze credit markets and keep the banking system functions, the Federal Reserve issued a statement announcing it is using its newly granted powers to pay interest on the reserves that banks leave at the Fed, among other things. Here’s what the Fed is doin...
2008-10-03  Sparkplug CEO
Last weekend, I watched the news on this nebulous ‘bailout package’ nearly 24/7. It seemed so big, so important, yet I just didn’t get it. HOW could pumping this amount of money into Wall Street have ANYTHING to do with me, or you, our Sparkplugging readers. I started...
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2008-09-30  Jon Swift
Now that Congress has rejected the terrible Wall Street bailout, we have two options: enact a good bill or do nothing. Either of these options would be better than trying to pass the bill that was rejected by Republicans and even some Democrats.If we are going to try to do something be...
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2009 is going to be a bumpy ride for employers. Aside from the economic turmoil everyone’s facing, there’s a long laundry list of employment laws that are likely to be enacted by Congress, and signed into law. And what’s already confirmed on the horizon? Some sweeping changes to...
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This is a long post.  I hope that you will read it.  I've finally come to terms with who John McCain is and who John McCain has always been.   And tell me, who are today's men of integrity in the leadership of the Republican party?   Other than Senator Chuck Hagel from Nebrask...
2008-10-01  blogHillary
Today Hillary was on the Senate floor speaking about the bipartisan legislation addressing the economic crisis. Watch her speech below or read the full transcript.     Full Transcript: Thank you Mr. President.  Thank you very much, and I appreciate the extraordinary work that has b...