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Buy insurance before you lose your marbles

Mar 1, 2012

Insure.com-A recent study by researchers from Texas Tech University and the University of Missouri at Columbia found that, regardless of gender or education, U.S. residents steadily become less able to deal with financial issues - including insurance purchases -- after age 60.

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America As a Constitutional Republic: When Can the President Kill?

Mar 1, 2012

CATO Institute-Even if the president can get away with acting unilaterally, he should not do so. The administration could create a formal process with internal checks and balances. Afsheen John Radsan and Richard Murphy, of the William Mitchell School of Law and Texas Tech University School of Law, respectively, argued that “the government must take reasonable steps based on individualized facts to ensure accuracy before depriving any person of life, liberty, or property,” but suggested that this requirement “might be satisfied by independent, intra-executive review.” In fact, Jeh Johnson contended: “Within the executive branch the views and opinions of the lawyers on the president’s national security team are debated and heavily scrutinized.”

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