Post Tagged with: "Public Figures"

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  [Mood Riffs] The Peoples Pope

  Pope Francis is reaching out to his flock once again, sending out a survey to
   
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  [Mood Riffs] The Toronto Mayor Scandal Is So Good You Can’t Make It Up

  Toronto’s mayor, Rob Ford, has admitted to smoking crack. And not in his youth either
   
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  [Mood Riffs] “Addiction, Decadence and Deviancy”

  In its October 27 obituary for musician Lou Reed, USA Today made an excellent observation
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Even the Maestro is Shocked by Financial Crisis!!

  Former Chairman of the Fed Alan Greenspan, sometimes lauded as the Maestro, has released
   
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  [Mood Riffs] The Shrinking Stature of the Fed

  The New York Times Economix blog recently uncovered a uncanny correlation: Since 1979
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Pope Francis: A Pope For A Peak in Optimism

  Pope Francis has called on the Catholic church to stop interfering with
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Grading on the Curve? Cheating Scandal Plagues Indiana Schools

  On August 7th, Indiana School Superintendent Glenda Ritz acknowledged “manipulation” in
   
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  [Mood Riffs] That Which Must Not Be Named

  Who wants to debate the accelerating trend toward authoritarianism? Not many, it seems. An
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Fed’s QE Program Isn’t a Cure-All, Economists Admit

  The Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing (QE) program has likely provided “a more
   
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  [Mood Riffs] A Dictatorship in Russia?

  On July 18, Reuters reported: “Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced to five years in jail for