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Posted at 03:57 PM ET, 12/04/2012

Scrooges on Capitol Hill: Republicans hold middle-class tax cuts hostage
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
GOP counter offer is reminiscent of the Charles Dickens classic, says a Chicago theologian.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  03:57 PM ET, 12/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 03:27 PM ET, 11/28/2012

Mishnah: ‘Public funds are collected by two and distributed by three’ 
By Rabbi Julie Schonfeld
In considering the “fiscal cliff,” a Rabbinical Assembly official reflects in the art of compromise.

By Rabbi Julie Schonfeld  |  03:27 PM ET, 11/28/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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Posted at 08:28 PM ET, 02/01/2012

Warren Buffett’s ‘nuclear bomb’
By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
In a battleof the super-rich against the rest, the super-rich may have already won.

By Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite  |  08:28 PM ET, 02/01/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
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