Sep
29
2010
Tea Party blogger Bruce Majors stirred controversy recently when he posted a visitor’s guide for folks coming into Washington, D.C., to attend Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally, which advised avoiding certain parts of town. Some viewed Majors advice as alarmist, and possibly even racist. Majors just e-mailed this dispatch:My Visitors’ Guide . . . was [...]
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Sep
2
2010
It is arguably the world’s most famous office, but it’s doubtful many viewers of President Obama’s address to the nation Tuesday night noticed the makeover the West Wing room got while the president was on vacation. The Oval Office has been redecorated. It’s still round. But in some ways, it looks more like a well-appointed [...]
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Sep
2
2010
It is arguably the world’s most famous office, but it’s doubtful many viewers of President Obama’s address to the nation Tuesday night noticed the makeover the West Wing room got while the president was on vacation. The Oval Office has been redecorated. It’s still round. But in some ways, it looks more like a well-appointed [...]
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Aug
10
2010
Forget the old, overblown Cleveland jokes — the mistake by the lake, the mayor whose hair caught on fire, the mayor’s wife who passed up an invitation to the White House because it fell on her bowling night. The Cleveland Orchestra is the real deal. It puts its host city on the cultural map in [...]
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Jul
15
2010
JPMorgan Chase acknowledged Thursday that new rules passed last year curbing the banks’ ability to charge its banking and credit card customers certain fees and penalties would cut into its bottom line more than it had expected. Meanwhile, the bank avoided giving any guidance as to the net impact that the financial regulatory bill would [...]
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