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Obama’s Mortgage Task Force: Working Hard or Hardly Working?
Maybe you're reading about it less and less. It doesn't seem to be the lead story on many national news broadcasts anymore. But it's...
Hacking the Federal Log Jam: One Agency at a Time
No doubt you've seen the studies that show how social networking sites hurt productivity, and I am pretty sure you've read, heard or watched...
The New American Pie: Breached, Tracked and Strip Searched
For those of us who care about privacy, these past seven days have truly sucked.
With relatively little fanfare in the midst of a cacophonous...
Hey, Get Out of My Face(book)
Over the past few months there’s been a growing hue and cry over reports that some employers ask job applicants for their Facebook login...
The Next Bubble: Is It Time for the Feds to Cap College Tuition?
At $1 trillion dollars, student loan debt has eclipsed credit card debt for the first time in American history. To make matters worse, come...
Sluts, Snobs, Seamus and the Almighty Dollar
I've always been a political junkie. Since my earliest days as an observer and later as a participant in all things electoral, the golden...
Flipping the Bird: Is the Fed on Twitter a Horrible Idea?
Even the farsighted Founding Fathers could not have foreseen this -- the Fed is now on Twitter! Just think of the possibilities -- one...
National Consumer Protection Week: It’s Up to You (Sorry!)
Once again National Consumer Protection Week falls smack in the middle of Lent. Is this yet another coincidence, or rather a celestial reminder of...
Best Way to Win the Gas Game: Don’t Play
Earlier this week, the New York Post shouted the headline "US Credit Card Debt Nearing Toxic Levels." The article was referring to the latest...
Identity Theft: Are We Doomed?
Opening my e-mail reminds me of walking through the bazaar of a third world open air market -- the pickpockets are everywhere. In the...