08.19.2008 9:02 pm
Wednesday editorial: (Not) just like cash
The auction-rate securities debacle holds a couple of lessons for small investors:
Lesson one: When someone tells you an investment is safe, look under the hood. No investment really is safe, although short-term Treasury bills and federally insured bank accounts come…


Election day is Nov. 4, which seems like a long way off. But election officials must scramble if they hope to stage an election that is fair and efficient and that can accommodate what may turn out to be a…
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It’s nice to get some recognition, you know? You toil in obscurity, year after year, passing one rotten, lousy, no-good, special-interest bill after another. And all you hear about how bad the Texas Legislature is, or the Florida one or…