| Jul 2, 2014 | Economy / BusinessMeet Mark. He’s a 58 year old, college-educated veteran who lives in Oregon. He was laid off last September and has been unable to find work since. Mark’s state unemployment benefits ran out in May. Since funding for the federal Emergency Unemployment...
| Jun 18, 2014 | Economy / BusinessTreasury Secretary Jack Lew comes across as somewhat optimistic about the rather lackluster national economy. “Evidence continues to mount that our economy is gaining traction,” Lew recently said. “Nevertheless, we cannot escape the fact that...
| Jun 17, 2014 | Economy / BusinessHave you noticed that the Powers that Be employ a different standard for measuring the health of America’s job market than they use for the stock market? They’re currently telling us that the job market is “improving.” What do they mean? Simply...
| May 14, 2014 | Economy / BusinessAmerica has an infrastructure crisis. We see signs of it every day: We hit bone-jarring potholes as we drive. We face long detours as bridges are closed for emergency repairs. When water mains break, businesses must temporarily close and homeowners have to boil their...
| Jan 22, 2014 | Environment / Health“There’s a folksy saying my grandma taught me: ‘If it smells like licorice and tastes like licorice, it must be licorice.’ Now it has a corollary: ‘Or it could also be a 4-methylcyclohexane methanol spill into your water supply, so grab...
