On college campuses, credit card companies entice naive undergrads into signing up for super-high-interest-rate credit cards by giving away “perceived high-value items” like t-shirts or coffee mugs. They’re called perceived high value items because they really aren’t worth as much as people assume. Their only purpose is to distract from the terrible terms in the [...]
Who’s the Huckster for This High-Interest War? |
| By: Derrick Crowe Wednesday August 25, 2010 5:00 am |
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More troops for Afghanistan? Is it really a military mission? |
| By: KarenM Tuesday September 22, 2009 7:15 am |
(Promoted by jasonrosenbaum - More discussion of Afghanistan, definitely needed.)
Instead of the black-and-white perspective of more troops or complete withdrawal, perhaps there is another way, one that would support the Afghanis, without more warmaking?
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