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MEA CULPA … earlier this week, in a brilliant piece about discrimination against males, I noted the dramatically lower life insurance rates a woman pays compared to a man of the same age … I wrote, accurately, that “it seems to me the whole notion behind gender-equality laws is that we must all be treated […]
SACRAMENTO (AP) — More than $2 billion in California taxpayer money has apparently been stashed in hundreds of special funds unaccounted for by the state Department of Finance, a newspaper reported on Friday. An examination of more than 500 special fund accounts, like the $54 million discrepancy in state parks money, showed a $2.3 billion […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.5 percent from April through June, as Americans cut back sharply on spending. The slowdown in growth adds to worries that the economy could be stalling three years after the recession ended. The Commerce Department also said Friday that the economy grew […]
