Opinions & Editorials

2009

March

• Mar 19, 2009  It’s the regulations, not the regulator
• Mar 13, 2009  The economic blame game
• Mar 12, 2009  Investors profiting from - and fixing - mortgages
• Mar 11, 2009  The broadband gap: Why is theirs cheaper?
• Mar 05, 2009  Laid-off workers get health care help
• Mar 04, 2009  It’s time to hold credit card issuers to account
• Mar 03, 2009  Lawmakers: translate rhetoric into real reform

February

• Feb 25, 2009  Like having Medicare? Then taxes must rise
• Feb 19, 2009  We own the banks—shouldn’t we run them?
• Feb 11, 2009  Why spend $350 million to map broadband?
• Feb 10, 2009  Plugging in the Postal Service
• Feb 09, 2009  Weighing the Employee Free Choice Act
• Feb 04, 2009  Health savings accounts are ill-advised

January

• Jan 07, 2009  Gas station pricing makes cents, but no sense
• Jan 04, 2009  A voice for the consumer
• Jan 01, 2009  Beware of false promises on debt

2008

December

• Dec 31, 2008  Bringing broadband to the urban poor
• Dec 28, 2008  Obama: Don’t use the tax code as a tool
• Dec 27, 2008  Curbing credit card predators
• Dec 26, 2008  Fading housing hope
• Dec 16, 2008  Credit Cards: a break for borrowers
• Dec 10, 2008  Why tie health insurance to a job?
• Dec 10, 2008  Employer-based health plans no longer work
• Dec 10, 2008  A perfect storm? No, a failure of leadership

November

• Nov 26, 2008  Getting more bang for our bailout
• Nov 23, 2008  America’s access to justice at risk
• Nov 19, 2008  Underinsured wildfire victims burned again
• Nov 07, 2008  The court confronts a grievous injury
• Nov 03, 2008  Gouging women on health insurance

October

• Oct 29, 2008  Online traffic schools need to be policed
• Oct 23, 2008  Open enrollment: pick a better health plan
• Oct 21, 2008  A return to thrift
• Oct 19, 2008  30-year sneak attack in America’s class war
• Oct 18, 2008  The college credit card trap
• Oct 17, 2008  Buy a beach house when going bankrupt
• Oct 17, 2008  No 401(k) do-over for you
• Oct 17, 2008  Good homeowners, bad loans
• Oct 15, 2008  Save to keep the American dream
• Oct 14, 2008  Wall Street’s turn to bolster confidence
• Oct 09, 2008  Know the rules to keep your cash safe
• Oct 03, 2008  If the bailout doesn’t pass…
• Oct 02, 2008  Show us the hope

September

• Sep 25, 2008  Bailout needs a bridge to Main Street
• Sep 24, 2008  The bailout runs into a populist backlash
• Sep 12, 2008  Are ID theft monitoring services worth it?
• Sep 10, 2008  Facing our debt addiction
• Sep 09, 2008  Regulators fail to rein in credit card abuse

August

• Aug 15, 2008  Less than golden years
• Aug 06, 2008  Listen to the 56,000 [credit card comments]

May

• May 06, 2008  Overdue first step to curb credit card abuses
• May 03, 2008  The Fed aims at credit cards

April

• Apr 17, 2008  Debate: Police those credit cards
• Apr 14, 2008  Foreclosure politics
• Apr 03, 2008  Wrong relief
• Apr 01, 2008  Holding pattern

March

• Mar 27, 2008  How not to prevent foreclosures
• Mar 26, 2008  Safeguarding private medical data
• Mar 26, 2008  Out of tune with consumers

February

• Feb 13, 2008  Lifeline for whom?
• Feb 08, 2008  Card issuers invest in DC

January

• Jan 24, 2008  Time for attention to consumer issues
• Jan 21, 2008  King’s words more relevant than ever
• Jan 20, 2008  The real price of fakes
• Jan 10, 2008  A questionable barrier to the polls
• Jan 03, 2008  No insurance, poor health
• Jan 02, 2008  Rein in credit card debt

2007

December

• Dec 27, 2007  Throwing the book at them
• Dec 27, 2007  Complex pricing of credit cards
• Dec 25, 2007  The Fed’s Thaw

November

• Nov 29, 2007  Spreading the [housing] misery
• Nov 25, 2007  Wireless phone monopoly a bad deal
• Nov 24, 2007  Targeting yield-spread-premium abuse
• Nov 23, 2007  Give toy safety more clout
• Nov 15, 2007  Congress and the mortgage mess
• Nov 14, 2007  Major flaws in U.S. banking system
• Nov 06, 2007  Watered-down mortgage reform

October

• Oct 28, 2007  Not wise to bail out reckless investors
• Oct 23, 2007  Unsafe products overwhelm safety agency
• Oct 19, 2007  Fix rates to save loans
• Oct 19, 2007  Why veto children’s health care funding?
• Oct 11, 2007  Cutting them a break on carried interest
• Oct 05, 2007  Common sense and credit cards
• Oct 03, 2007  Mortgage brokers’ sleight of hand
• Oct 01, 2007  Insurance for the next Big One

September

• Sep 27, 2007  TV doomsday: Will the USA be ready?

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