Health insurance is supposed to provide you with the assurance that if you have a medical emergency, you won’t be …
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Civil Cyberwar In Iran
As Iran’s hard-line government struggles to put down post-election protests, we may be seeing the first example of a civil …
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Dialing For Dollars At The Treasury
The financial crisis must be over and the economy must be fixed, because apparently things are getting pretty slow at …
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Learning To Expect The Unexpected
Just when we thought we knew how risky financial markets could be, the past year’s roller coaster ride reminds us …
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Fixing That ‘Irrevocable’ Trust
By definition, when something is irrevocable, it cannot be altered — unless you are talking about trusts. An irrevocable trust …
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Don’t Bet On Long-Term Care Insurance
Long-term care insurance is unlikely to reach old age. Plagued by adverse selection, an aging population and escalating costs, the …
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The Bright Side Of El Nino
A developing El Nino is not usually good news, but signs that the equatorial eastern Pacific Ocean is heating up …
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No Plan B In Beantown
I spent a lot of time pondering what the Boston Newspaper Guild had accomplished this week by rejecting the wage …
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Gays Get Choosier About Their Friends
Bill Clinton reached out to America’s homosexual community. Then, as president, he refused to let gays in uniform come out …
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