Fannie's Lesson: The Real Scandals Are Legal
Jul 17th, 2008 · The lesson behind the Fannie Mae financial mess is about this old and ignored government truism: The worst scandals are the ones that are perfectly legal.
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The Companies That Control The Mortgage Market
Jul 12th, 2008 · Susan Wachter, professor of financial management and real estate at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, gives a history lesson in the mortgage industry — this week's stars are "Fannie," "Freddie" and "Indy."
$300 Travel: The Cheap and Wild Side of Bakersfield
Jun 25th, 2008 · Most people only know Bakersfield, California as an interstate exit. A $300 stimulus check, however, turns a pit stop into a wild time. At the fight-filled race track and junk stores, a traveler learns an important lesson.
A Not-So-Sweet Lesson from Brazil's Cocoa Farms
Jun 14th, 2008 · A fungus that only attacks cacao trees swept through eastern Brazil in the late 1980s and early '90s, ravaging the area's cocoa industry. The blight set in motion a series of events that changed the ecology of the entire region, a devastating lesson in the laws of nature.
Finding the Flexibility to Survive ***
Jun 2nd, 2008 · Brighton Earley's mom shops at a gas station because she can no longer afford to buy food at the grocery store. At first, Earley was ashamed to go on these shopping trips, but now the Los Angeles student believes the trips have taught her a valuable lesson.
Obama Says Illinois' Gas Tax Holiday Didn't Work
May 9th, 2008 · When Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was in the Illinois Senate in 2002, he supported a gasoline tax holiday. Now he says it didn't work and that he learned his lesson. But his opponent Hillary Clinton thinks otherwise and supports a federal gas tax holiday. Did the Illinois gas tax help consumers, and what lessons can be applied to a federal tax holiday?
'Harvard Lampoon' Spoofs 'National Geographic' ****
Mar 30th, 2008 · 'National Geographic' staffers spend so much time playing around with obscure insects that they've lost touch with reality, according to Harvard Lampoon editors Hayes Davenport and Ross Arbes. They hope their April Fools issue will teach people a lesson or two.
New Life for a School Film on Gay Tolerance **
Feb 26th, 2008 · Debra Chasnoff's It's Elementary: Talking about Gay Issues in Schools first aired in 1998, sparking a frank conversation about gays and lesbians in classrooms from kindergarten through eighth grade. Now it's being re-released on DVD along with a new lesson plan on gay tolerance.
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