Julie Spitzer dug into her purse Wednesday morning and pulled out exact change for a pack of her favorite cigarettes. ...more

April 2, 2009

Federal excise tax on cigarettes went into effect Wednesday. ...more

April 1, 2009

Who is Barack Obama and from whence has he come? Obama was born 1961 in Hawaii, graduated Columbia University in 1983 and Harvard University in 1991 (magna cum laude). At Harvard he was elected the first African-American editor of the Harvard Law Review, a high honor indeed. Although his educational honors would have brought him an excellent position and salary, he chose to work for only $8,000 per year as a community organizer after some time at a law firm as a civil rights attorney and organized voter registration for Bill Clinton's candidacy for president. ...more

June 12, 2008

Who is Barack Obama and from whence has he come? ...more

June 11, 2008

The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are navigating a far different set of issues as they approach the Iowa caucuses today than when they first started campaigning here a year ago, and that is likely to change even more as the campaigns move next to New Hampshire. ...more

January 3, 2008