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Best of The Streak: Maestro, Indeed

By | 12.31.08 | 8:30 am

First appeared January 24, 2008

As the mortgage-market meltdown continues to push the Iraq War from the headlines and put sweat on the brows of Washington’s policymakers, it’s heartening to learn that some folks have done well by the economic chaos. Still, did it have to be the guy More…

Best of The Streak: Sorry Kids, SCHIP Fails Again

By | 12.31.08 | 8:00 am

First appeared January 23, 2008

To the surprise of no one, the House failed today to override Bush’s veto of SCHIP, the popular children’s health care program. Foreseeing this inevitability, last month Congress extended current levels of funding until after November’s elections (with a little extra to prevent states from More…

TWI Looks Back at the Year That Was

By | 12.31.08 | 7:59 am

2008. What a year.

As the world prepares to close the book on the year in which the United States elected its first African-American president, the global economy faltered, wars continued to rage in Afghanistan and Iraq — and another re-ignited in the Holy Land — the staff at TWI More…