Reader Scott D. suggested this piece on commentary: Constitutional Convention Sleight of Hand? [1]
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Courtesy of Hawaiian K.: How a Zero-Electricity Fridge Will Bring Medicine to the Developing World [2]
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From Sean M.: Money is not the only thing you can lose in a failing bank [3]
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Ann M. sent this “must read” piece from Fortune magazine: Eight really, really scary predictions; Dow 4,000. Food shortages. A bubble in Treasury notes. Fortune spoke to eight of the market’s sharpest thinkers and what they had to say about the future is frightening [4]. And to fully satisfy your RDA [5] of gloom, the following come to us from Cheryl, our Economic Editor: US Households Cut Back on Debt for First Time Ever [6] — Key Senators Reach Tentative Auto Bailout Deal [7] — New Unemployment Claims Surge Unexpectedly [8] — California Faces Bankruptcy, $15 Billion in Debt [9] — Oil Nears $49 as Dollar Falls [10] — US Trade Gap Unexpectedly Widens [11] — Closing Time [12] (A sobering assessment of what’s really going on…) — Foreclosure Storm Will Hit US in 2009 Amid Job Loss [13] — Fear Triggers Gold Shortage, Drives US Treasury Yields Below Zero [14] — Officially Scr**ed by Real Inflation [15] (The Mogambo Guru) — Freight Haulers Slam On The Brakes [16]
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Jason sent us a link to an excellent scholarly piece: All the Way Down the Slippery Slope: Gun Prohibition in England and Some Lessons for Civil Liberties in America. [17]