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The recent collapse of several investment banks on Wall Street is one of those stories that is hard to understand and easy to dismiss. But the financial meltdown tells us plenty about how a McCain or Obama administration would handle the country’s economy, and whether we will bring stability back to the financial market, or keep blindly repeating the boom-bust cycle.

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Tim Russert, the host of NBC’s Meet the Press for 17 years who died suddenly on June 13, seemed like a thoroughly decent guy to me. In the following days, Washington journalists, politicians, and his viewing public lauded him as a fine political analyst, a straight shooter, and a great family man.
In fact, we [...]

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Iowa journalists deserve a lot of credit and time to catch their breath. They have been covering, almost nonstop, the tragic weather we’ve been having since the monster F5 tornado swept through Parkersburg, New Hartford, and Dunkerton on May 25.
Then came the floods. This has been a bad several weeks for sleep if you [...]

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