Texas Home Equity Loans Open New Market
Texas homeowners can start using their homes to secure consumer loans on Jan. 1. Regulators and consumer advocates warn lenders are targeting the untapped market with aggressive campaigns. Borrowers should weigh home seizure risk against cash needs and avoid impulsive pledges for luxury purchases.
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Texas
Social Security crisis looms if reform delayed
A Texas opinion warns that Social Security faces a widening future funding gap as bonds are redeemed after 2019, with benefits potentially unsustainable by 2029. It notes the system pays current retirees from current workers and highlights declining worker to beneficiary ratios, urging Congress to consider investment or reform rather than tax increases or benefit cuts.
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Congress
American Association of Retired Persons
Fort Worth
Judges, Adoption, and the Gay Rights Debate in New Jersey
Syndicated columnist argues that New Jersey adoption rulings favoring gay and unmarried couples threaten traditional families. The piece cites DOMA, court decisions, and quotes from ACLU officials, contending judges are shaping policy over people's will. It warns that placing children in unstable homes undermines societal norms.
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Those Civil Liberties Union
Division of Youth and Family Services
ACLU
Newark
Hawaii
DOMA
House of Representatives
Senate
New Jersey
Gay and Lesbian Coalition
Lenora M. Lapidus
The
Associated Press
Charen
Alcohol health claims face official censorship across agencies
A long history shows moderate drinking linked to lower cardiovascular risk, yet agencies like NHLI and BATF blocked publication and health claims. Seltzer’s 1970s findings were shelved, while later large studies confirmed the connection. Legal challenges and labelling debates continue as regulators fear misleading claims and societal harm.
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Newland Journal of Medicine
Harvard
Carl Seltzer
Framingham
Seltzer
National Heart and Lung Institute
Poe
NHSI
American Cancer Society
World Health Organization
Oxford Eran
Scien
Tists
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
BATF
NHLI
Thomas Jefferson
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Supreme Court
The
Wine Institute
Bureau
Ntional Institute
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Judgeocracy
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By Bruce Tinsley