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Monday, September 28, 2009

September 27, 2009 WSJ Catchup

New Light on the Plight of Winter Babies
Researchers Stumble Upon Alternative Explanation for the Lifelong Challenges Faced by Children Born in Colder Months


Taxes, Depression, and Our Current Troubles
Tariffs, rising state and federal taxes, and currency devaluation ruined the 1930s, and they could do the same today.


Getting Well: It's About Time

Google's Phone Service Likely to Draw Scrutiny
System for Managing Calls and Messages Gains Attention as FCC Reconciles New Technology With Old Rules
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

September 20, 2009 WSJ Catchup

Obama Is Pushing Israel Toward War
President Obama can't outsource matters of war and peace to another state.


Health-Care Reform and the Constitution
Why hasn't the Commerce Clause been read to allow interstate insurance sales?


Government Medicine vs. the Elderly
In Britain in 2007-08, 16.5% of deaths came after 'terminal sedation.'


Swine Flu Contagious for About a Week

A Pitcher's New Core Routine: A Videogame and a 'Hula Hoop'

Mandated Health Insurance Squeezes Those in the Middle

New Online Music Service Drums Up Listeners but Not Many Want to Pay

Nest-Egg Maneuvers
Answers to readers' questions about new rules, starting Jan. 1, involving Roth savings plans


Long Marches, In Brief
The 'short history' approach to military conflict


U.S. as Traffic Cop in Web Fight
FCC Proposal on Bandwidth a Boon for Consumers and Silicon Valley, Blow to Telecoms


Duggar Economics: The Costs of 19 Kids

Health-Care Reform and the President's Faithful Helpers

The Stimulus Didn't Work
The data show government transfers and rebates have not increased consumption at all.


The Ins and Outs of Hiring an Independent Contractor

Pretty Good Performance for a Dolt

Obama's Missile Offense
It's better these days to be a U.S. adversary than its friend.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

September 13, 2009 WSJ Catchup

ObamaCare's Crippling Deficits
The higher taxes, debt payments and interest rates needed to pay for health reform mean lower living standards.


Windmills Are Killing Our Birds
One standard for oil companies, another for green energy sources.


Credit Scores: What You Need to Know Now
Tighter Lending Makes Cracking the System Vital; Benefits of Paying on Time


The Year of Investing Cautiously

Income Gap Shrinks in Slump at the Expense of the Wealthy

Should a Shrinking Dollar Worry You?

Higher Taxes Are Coming. Are You Prepared?

Read the Union Health-Care Label
Get ready for Detroit-style labor relations in our hospitals.

"ObamaCare is a Trojan Horse for more forced unionization."

Retail Health Clinics Move to Treat Complex Illnesses, Rankling Doctors

The President's Tort Two-Step
Special-interests and the health-care status quo.


The Keynesians Were Wrong Again
We won't see a return to growth without incentives for job-creating investment.


Medicare Is No Model for Health Reform
Many doctors refuse Medicare patients because payments are so low.


Motorola Bets on Google-Powered Phones
Struggling Cellphone Maker Counting on New Devices to Revive Flagging Handset Business


The Battle Over Bionic Vocals
Should people sing like Transformers? An iPhone app and Jay-Z fire up a debate


A Coach's Faith
Why Tony Dungy helped Michael Vick return to pro football.
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Monday, September 7, 2009

September 7, 2009 WSJ Catchup

Below are some of the articles in the Wall Street Journal from the past week that I thought were informative. If a link fails to show the entire article use Google to search for it and it will take you to the full article.



How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade



A Doctor's Plan for Legal Industry Reform
My modest proposal to rearrange how lawyers do business.




Stop Me Before I Spend
How to make sure you save more—by putting savings on autopilot




Why Your Coach Votes Republican
In Politics, Football's Bosses Usually Run Right; Mr. Friedgen Picks on 'Socialists'

If you can read, read this article.



Do as I Say And as I Do
Why Ray Kroc scraped up gum at a Chicago-area McDonald's.




Older, Wiser, Slower
After 50, Avid Athletes Find That to Stay Healthy, They Must Let Go of the Need to Win

"Evidence shows that feeling worse during exercise translates to doing less exercise in the future," Whatever, I guess I just liked the pictures of Mark "The Grip" Allen in action.



Finding Smells That Repel
Mosquitoes



Why Investors Need to See the Light and Slow Down



Warning: The Deficits Are Coming!
The former head of the Government Accountability Office is on a crusade to alert taxpayers to their true obligations.




How to Insure Every American
We don't need radical change. Subsidies and high risk pools can get the job done.
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