By David Ignatius Thursday, January 15, 2009; Page A19 What a sunny view Condoleezza Rice took in a valedictory conversation with Post journalists this week. She could have been Dr. Pangloss’s daughter in her steadfastly upbeat account of the world. Asked about policies she regretted, she offered the cheerful retort: “Aren’t you going to say, [...]
Archive for January 15th, 2009
15 Jan
10 Take Aways From the Bush Years
washingtonpost.com Moral of the Stories By Bob Woodward Sunday, January 18, 2009 There’s actually a lot that President-elect Barack Obama can learn from the troubled presidency of George W. Bush. Over the past eight years, I have interviewed President Bush for nearly 11 hours, spent hundreds of hours with his administration’s key players and reviewed [...]
15 Jan
Reverse Mortgage News for Seniors
Reverse Mortgages for Senior Citizens Continue to Grow Despite Mortgage Turmoil; Tampa Leads New features for 2009: higher loan limit, lower fees, home purchase component, co-op eligibility and stricter consumer protection Jan. 14, 2009 – Senior Journal – The regular mortgage market may be suffering but the reverse mortgages for senior citizens are still growing [...]
15 Jan
Bush’s Tortured Legacy
thinkprogress.org ADMINISTRATION All last week on President-elect Obama’s transition website, Change.gov, the top-rated publicly-submitted question asked the incoming president whether he would appoint a special prosecutor to investigate “the gravest crimes of the Bush Administration, including torture and warrantless wiretapping.” When ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos pressed Obama about it on ”This Week,” Obama said he was [...]
