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A Housing Fix or a Jobs Fix? Chicken or Egg?

A Housing Fix or a Jobs Fix? Chicken or Egg?

Now that health care reform is being given the slow morphine drip which can be characterized as assisted suicide or euthanasia Washington has turned its attention to jobs, jobs, jobs. It seems that everyone has gotten on the bandwagon about the unemployment situation (still in double digits) since there seems to be a “populist” uprising in the country. At least, ...

Ken Montville | 2010/01/31  | 16 Comments Politics

Dear Madame President: An Open Letter to Vicki Cox Golder

Dear Madame President: An Open Letter to Vicki Cox Golder

Dear Vicki (may I call you, Vicki?), I just finished reading the wonderful profile written about you in REALTOR Magazine. As a native Washingtonian now living in the MD Suburbs, I want to welcome you to the Nation’s Capital. It’s a tad different than Tucson area but you might grow to like it. It seems a lot of people do.  ...

Ken Montville | 2010/01/10  | 41 Comments Editorials

Financial and Mortgage Reform? Nah. Who Needs It?

Financial and Mortgage Reform?  Nah.  Who Needs It?

This week the House of Representatives passed a sweeping financial reform package that would deter, in part, some of the most egregious practices of the financial and mortgage industries. In essence, it would curb, or try to curb, some of the sub-prime and other “exotic” mortgage products as well as create a bit of transparency for the average consumer of ...

Ken Montville | 2009/12/13  | 11 Comments Economy

Do We Have a Reasonable Right to Privacy Using Social Media?

Do We Have a Reasonable Right to Privacy Using Social Media?

Old school first With the telephone we were given the ability to opt out of telephone books and information lines (1411) and also the ability to add ourselves to the ‘do not call list.’ We safeguarded our information by keeping private our social security numbers, as well as addresses to protect our identity, and our families. Fast forward Today, using ...

Benn Rosales | 2009/12/03  | 22 Comments Politics