By Kevin G. Hall | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — In a rebuke of the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal bank regulator erred in quashing efforts by New York state to combat the kind of predatory mortgage lending that triggered the nation’s financial crisis. The 5-4 ruling by the high court [...]
Archive for June 29th, 2009
29 Jun
New AARP Calculator May Help You Avoid the Doughnut Hole
By: Patricia Barry | Source: AARP Bulletin Today | June 24, 2009 This year more than 3.5 million Medicare beneficiaries are expected to fall into the dreaded Part D doughnut hole—the gap in coverage when they pay the full cost of their prescription drugs while still paying premiums. Now AARP has developed an easy-to-use online [...]
29 Jun
What can I do to help Obama?
The public has to force him to do the right thing By Robert Reich Illustration by Zach Trenholm June 29, 2009 | Someone recently approached me at the cheese counter of a local supermarket, asking, “What can I do?” At first I thought the person was seeking advice about a choice of cheese. But I [...]
