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Attorney General Eric Holder: the (Watch)Dog That Didn’t Bark

The $6.4 Trillion Question:  Why Not?? I’m sure Eric Holder accomplished lots of other things during his six-year tenure as (now-outgoing) U.S. Attorney General. Unfortunately, holding Wall Street accountable for its egregious — and frequently criminal — conduct at the heart of The 2008 Financial Crash most certainly wasn’t one of them. The really hard...
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Robin Williams: an Epitaph

One week after his death, it appears that the quote Robin Williams is destined to be best remembered for is his “carpe diem” line from the 1989 movie, “Dead Poets Society.” Here’s another quote, which I think also speaks to his situation — and ours: “When a trout rising to a fly gets hooked on a line...
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