Almanag Highlights Birthdays and Prohibition History
Almanac note lists notable birthdays from Martin Van Buren to Frankie Muniz and Amy Acker. It notes the 21st Amendment allowing states to restrict alcohol and that Mississippi repealed prohibition in 1966. A Van Buren quote is included and the moon phase between December 2 and 9 is given.
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Martin van Buren
U.S
George Armstrong Custer
U.S. Army
Walt Disney
Strom Thurmond
Otto Preminger
Little Richard
Joan Didion
Jose Carreras
Margaret Cho
Amy Acker
Keri Hilson
Frankie Muniz
Mississippi
Positive message drive to counter GOP health care critique
A column argues Democrats push hopeful ACA coverage gains while Republicans rely on negativity. It highlights benefits like young adults staying on parents plans and coverage for pre existing conditions, urging GOP to offer constructive solutions rather than attacks.
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Washington
Obama
Baghdad
Bob
Marie Antoinette
Republican Guard
MSNBC
Congress
Frank Macchiarola
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
ACA
CNBC
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Texas
Cash tips save workers from skimmed gratuities
Connie Schultz argues for paying tips in cash to ensure servers receive them and to avoid deductions from credit card tips. She cites personal experience at a Cleveland venue and notes that many establishments misallocate service charges. She links tipping fairness to holiday dining and public accountability.
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Cleveland Party Center
Cleveland
Party Center
Elan Gale
Gale
BuzzFeed
Is today’s stock surge a benign boom or a bad bubble
Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson weighs whether the market’s 167 percent rebound since 2009 is a sustainable rise or a bubble. He notes optimism, historic profit gains, and QE’s unclear impact while warning that a future slowdown could turn gains into a blob that goes nowhere.
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Washington
Wilshire Associates
Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke
Janet Yellen
Fed
Yellen
Wall Street Journal
Davish
Edward Yardens
Yardens Research
Pension
Standard & Poor's
S&p
Howard Silverblatt
McKinsey Global Institute
Susan Lund
McKinsey
Silverblatt
Robert Samuelson
The
Washington Post Writers Group
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Connie Schultz
Parade Magazine
Sherrod Brown
U.S. Senate
Schultz
Yahoo
Creators Syndicate
Creators.com
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