Affordable Housing is an issue of great importance in this high-priced region where not even our teachers and police personnel can afford to live in the communities they serve. It is a multifaceted issue that requires our best, most strenuous efforts to make a dent in the problem. Government, the […]
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Paul Krugman: The Making Of A Mess
NEW YORK — The financial crisis that began late last summer, then took a brief vacation in September and October, is back with a vengeance.
A Penny For Your Thoughts: The News of Greater Falls Church
Election Day 2007 is relegated to the pages of history, and what a history was written on November 6! The Virginia State Senate is now in Democratic hands, with State Senator Dick Saslaw, whose district includes 16 precincts in Mason District, the new Majority Leader in the State Senate. Does […]
Paul Krugman: Facing Up To Bad Housing Loans
It pains me to say this, but this time Alan Greenspan is right about housing.
Nicholas F. Benton: The Sporting Bad News
There’s a very effective TV ad that warns young people about the dangers of steroid use, showing the ancient Greek statue of the discus thrower crumbling.
Anything But Straight: Airplane Reading
I was exhausted and on my way home from Phoenix, where I participated in a protest against Focus on the Family’s ex-gay Love Won Out Conference. One of the few remaining joys of flying these days is reading without all of the earthly distractions, such as cell phones and e-mail. […]
This Week’s Business News and Notes
January 4 – 10, 2007
Nicholas F. Benton: Foley
What an irony, what a pathetic irony that everything the right-wing driven Republican Party has been wound tight to hate, despite and oppose has landed right in its own lap.
