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Between fraudulent phone calls, phishing emails, and various other online schemes, there are plenty of opportunities nowadays for older, not so tech-savvy, adults to become victims of a financial scam. Amazingly, a new study finds that it’s not far-away con artists and strangers who are more likely to prey on vulnerable seniors. Instead, acts of financial elder abuse are committed more frequently by a victim’s own family members. Researchers at the University of Southern California utilized data collected by the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) for the study

The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) has invited Garrison Keillor, a pro-abortion, pro-gay "marriage" Episcopalian, as a keynote speaker at the group's annual convention. Keillor, well-known as a humorist and host of A Prairie Home Companion, has repeatedly published his pro-abortion, pro-same-sex "marriage" views - and has labeled pro-life, pro-family, and anti-pornography activists "shrieking ninnies and pompous blowhards." On the issue of abortion, Keillor has been quoted as saying it should be decided "case by case," and that disabled embryonic children should be destroyed. "The use of abortion as birth control is one thing, the use of it to end...

North Carolina Conservative Leadership Conference 2006April 7 - 8Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Durham, NC In addition to speeches by leading conservatives, hundreds of activists will participate in issue forums led by experts. The issue forums will include: family values, illegal immigration, eminent domain, budget & taxes, education, economic development & incentives, healthcare, Jesse Helms' principles, talk radio, transportation, and "How to be a good North Carolina conservative". Participants will also be able to interact with other conservatives to learn what is going on around the state, and learn how conservative organizations are working to address some of the problem areas....

These are two actual questions from a 2004 NCEA Economics Exam worth four credits:The New Zealand government provides 'free'... education at state secondary schools. Explain why this results in a better resource allocation than the free market... And:Explain why using 'free market' policies causes income inequality. Some readers will agree with the underlying assumption present in both questions: free market bad, interventionist government solution good. Some won't. But everyone can agree this world view is hotly contested. And if the question were put the other way around - "Explain how using 'interventionist' policies restrains economic growth" - then the unhappiness...