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College graduation: Weighing the cost … and the payoff
May 19, 2012 by - Pew Research Center
The Magnetar fallout
May 19, 2012 by - ProPublica
GOP Speaker Boehner threatens default if spending not cut…
May 19, 2012 by - Citizens for Tax Justice
Senator Lee’s budget would sharply cut Social Security, Medicare, other programs while making tax system less progressive
May 19, 2012 by - CBPP
Special meeting update
May 18, 2012 by - Mike Kroll

Latest Sports

Galesburg wins a triangular track meet held in Knoxville.
April 20, 2012 by - Del Mecum
The Prairie Fire defeat the Eureka College Red Devils 9–0.
April 20, 2012 by - Del Mecum
Knoxville Blue Bullets lose to the Sherrard Tigers 6–5
April 6, 2012 by - Del Mecum
Streaks beat U-High 8–2
April 2, 2012 by - Del Mecum
CSC splits doubleheader with Elgin
April 2, 2012 by - Del Mecum

Latest Opinion

The commencement address that won’t be given
May 19, 2012 by - Robert Reich
How odd that Mitt’s smitten with Clinton
May 18, 2012 by - Robert Reich
Citizen civics: the movie
May 17, 2012 by - Mike Kroll
Speaker Boehner’s recent remarks concerning the debt limit
May 17, 2012 by - CBPP
Bucking banking anger at local level
May 17, 2012 by - Bill Knight

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May19

The commencement address that won’t be given

on May 19th, 2012 at 6:00 am

By Robert Reich

Members of the Class of 2012,

As a former secretary of labor and current professor, I feel I owe it to you to tell you the truth about the pieces of parchment you’re picking up today.

You’re f*cked.

Well, not exactly. But you won’t have …

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Mitt Romney - Bill Clinton
May18

How odd that Mitt’s smitten with Clinton

on May 18th, 2012 at 6:00 am

By Robert Reich

Mitt Romney is full of praise for Bill Clinton even as he heaps scorn on Obama.

“Almost a gener­ation ago, Bill Clinton announced that the era of big government was over,” says Romney, “Clinton was signaling to his own party that …

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Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan
May17

The dog that didn’t bark: Obama on JPMorgan

on May 17th, 2012 at 6:00 am

By Robert Reich

The dog that didn’t bark this week, let alone bite, was the President’s response to JP Morgan Chase’s bomb­shell admission of losing more than $2 billion in risky deriv­ative trades that should never have been made.

“JP Morgan is one …

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May16

Romney has public and private morality upside down

on May 16th, 2012 at 6:00 am

By Robert Reich

Mitt Romney’s reaction to J.P. Morgan Chase’s mounting losses from reckless trades is “the market will take care of it.” His spokesman says “no taxpayer money was at risk” so we don’t need more financial regu­lation. Romney has even promised …

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May12

How J.P. Morgan Chase has made the case …

on May 12th, 2012 at 6:00 am

… for breaking up the Big Banks and resur­recting Glass-Steagall

By Robert Reich

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the nation’s largest bank, whose chief exec­utive, Jamie Dimon, has lead Wall Street’s war against regu­lation, announced Thursday it had lost $2 billion in trades …

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Robert Reich

Robert Reich is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cali­fornia at Berkeley. He has served in three national admin­is­tra­tions, most recently as secretary of labor under Pres­ident Bill Clinton. He has written thirteen books, including The Work of Nations, Locked in the Cabinet, Super­cap­i­talism, and his most recent book, After­shock. His “Market­place” commen­taries can be found on publicradio.com and iTunes.



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