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Index Shows Perception of US Corruption Growing

(Oct. 26) -- Is corruption getting worse in the United States? That may seem the takeaway from this year's Corruption Perceptions Index from Berlin-based Transparency International, which saw the U.S. 2010 ranking slip to 22nd out of 178 nations from 19th last year -- the first time the United States has missed inclusion...

Fed Rescue Effort for Economy Would Carry Risks

(Oct. 15) -- The straggling jobs market, foreclosure epidemic and rash of vulnerabilities across the American economy seem to call for a rescue effort from the Federal Reserve, but any such rescue bid would come with risks of its own. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke today made the case for additional economic aid, arguing that...

Contrary to Politico, Social Security Benefits Aren't Pegged to Growth

(Oct. 14) -- Social Security turned 75 this year. How's it doing these days? On Wednesday, Politico's Simmi Aujla reported on some gloomy news regarding the federal benefits program. He wrote, "On Friday, Social Security recipients will learn that they won't receive higher benefits for the second year in a row because the...

Russian Drought Spurs Worldwide Food Price Hikes

(Sept. 1) -- Severe drought in Russia has sent world food prices 5 percent higher in recent months, according to a new report by the United Nations, and though they remain well below the record levels reached during the 2007-08 world food crisis, the higher prices have already fueled deadly riots in Mozambique. Today...