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More Money for the Very Rich: An Unsporting Pursuit?

Michael D. D. White | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business

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Michael D. D. White

The most unsportsmanlike of all games involves the reverse-Robin-Hood game of sports stadium and arena finance: the public provides the money and the super rich get to own them.

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Eminent Domain Abuse: The Fight Goes On

Steve Ettlinger | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics

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Steve Ettlinger

In the two years since the alarming and legendary Supreme Court Kelo decision, an astounding 42 states have taken measures to curb the abuse of eminen...

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