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January 10, 2006 - Posted by R. Neal

January 9, 2006 - Not long ago, it was Corporate America -- not political figures like Tom DeLay and Jack Abramoff (who made contact with White House folks 200 times in the first 10 months of the Bush era) -- that was awash in scandal.

January 9, 2006 - Turns out that the State Treasurer of North Carolina isn't the only one who has recently found religion about the need to boost the minimum wage.

January 9, 2006 - "I plan on pulling that curtain back. I plan on getting into the investigation."

January 9, 2006 - If you work hard, you shouldn't live in poverty. A simple idea, it seems, but for millions of workers wages have stagnated or are in decline, and Congress refuses to raise the floor by increasing the federal minimum wage.

January 6, 2006 - In her "Reflections on Katrina," Lindsay at Majikthise nails the lesson -- or more precisely, our country's failure to draw a lesson -- about Katrina:

January 6, 2006 - "We're working on it. I still have a few more meetings before I make a decision. I'm going back to Washington today. I'm meditating on it for a few more days."