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Dear Mr. Dimon, Is Your Bank Getting Corporate Welfare?

When JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon testifies in the U.S. House today, he will present himself as a champion of free-market capitalism in opposition to an overweening government. His position would be more convincing if his bank weren’t such a beneficiary of corporate welfare.
Grover Norquist’s Endless Campaign

“Tell me something cheerful” is how Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, has started most of the conversations I’ve had with him over the past 20 years. Not last week.
Pension Reforms Have Their Day In Court

Many U.S. states and cities have approved measures to help fix poorly funded public pensions. Now courts will decide if they are legal or not.
Equal Opportunity in Sports Makes Both Sexes Richer

Saturday will mark 40 years since the U.S. enacted a law requiring publicly funded schools to provide similar opportunities to all students, regardless of sex. It’s an anniversary worth celebrating.
What If Mitt Romney Were Jewish?

The Washington Post’s Jason Horowitz reported this month that officials on Mitt Romney’s campaign don’t care much for journalistic explorations of their candidate’s religious beliefs.
Thomas Cooley Law School Sues Kurzon Strauss Law Firm Over Job Data Query

Kurzon Strauss LLP was sued by the Thomas M. Cooley Law School over claims the New York law firm and two of its lawyers falsely claimed on websites that the school misrepresented graduate employment statistics.
Germany Reformed Its Social Model. Europe Can, Too

Forget Europe’s debt disaster for a moment and look instead at a few numbers that dramatize the underlying problem.
Taliban, Al-Qaeda Awaiting U.S. Afghanistan Exit

The multipronged attack carried out by a Taliban faction in Afghanistan last weekend, including sustained raids in the capital’s diplomatic quarter and on Parliament, was meant, the New York Times reported, to “undermine confidence in NATO and Afghan military gains.”
Tax System Is America’s Biggest Spender

If you’re at all like us, chances are you’ll spend Tuesday evening finishing your taxes. As you search for every last deduction and credit, it’s worth asking: Does any of this make sense?
Sacramento Is Fresh Victim of Bad Stadium Deals

Officials in Sacramento, California, are furious that the owners of the Kings basketball franchise, the Maloof family, said they are backing out of a handshake deal in February to invest $73 million in a project to build a new arena downtown.