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I interviewed Dr. Carson last week about Detroit and its crisis of fatherless, single-parent homes that doom Detroit children to a cycle of poverty.
Payne: Levin's JP Morgan scapegoat
“(This) is an exact description of the type of risk-taking that got us into this financial crisis and recession,” said Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in a joint news conference with Michigan Senator Carl Levin this week jumping on a $2 billion loss by JP Morgan as evidence that banks caused the 2008 financial crisis and that they … Continue Reading →
Payne: Shut up, Levin argued
Senator Carl Levin and his fellow senators haven’t passed a budget in three years. No wonder. Michigan’s senior senator is tending to more important things – like trying to boot Rush Limbaugh off Armed Services Radio for the talk show host’s infamous derogatory comments about a Georgetown student activist – comments that Limbaugh has since … Continue Reading →