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Reason December 2004 Julian Sanchez	Lost in Transition If American immigration policy can't offer security without unduly burdening commerce and education, the cost may come not merely in the form of a delay here or there but as a broader shift of brains and business overseas.
Reason December 2004 Julian Sanchez	Soundbite An interview with Joe Trippi who pioneered the political use of blogs and other online tools. His new campaign memoir, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised reminds us that it doesn't mean the rhetoric isn't true.
InternetNews December 3, 2004 Susan Kuchinskas	EPassports Could Have Blocking Mechanism Late last week, the ACLU accused the U.S. government of rushing the rollout of insecure, RFID-enabled passports in hopes of creating a de facto global identification standard that could be used for surveillance.
InternetNews December 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Signs 'Net Access Tax Moratorium President Bush signed into law a new four-year ban on state and federal taxation of Internet connections, legislation the industry said was needed to promote universal broadband.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004	Social Security: No Flim-Flams Hiding debt with gimmicks will only make things worse. The recent proposal to take the $1 trillion to $2 trillion 10-year cost of reforming Social Security "off-budget" and not include it in the federal budget deficit is as irresponsible as it is dangerous.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 Rich Miller	Wanted: One Tough Economic Team Bush needs new talent to carry out his ambitious second-term economic agenda.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 John Carey	How To Prevent Another Vioxx The tragedy should spur Congress and the FDA to improve the safety of new drugs.
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004	Colombia's Tough Policy Will Continue Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, one of Bush's key supporters in Latin America, enjoys high approval ratings because his crackdown on drug traffickers and the 40-year-old guerrilla movement.
The Motley Fool December 2, 2004 Bill Mann	Spitzer Helps Loan Sharks When the state doesn't allow companies to charge sufficient interest on high-risk payday loans legally, the black market fills the void.
U.S. Banker December 2004 Michael Dumiak	Living the Bush Economy What will it be like to live in the Bush economy? For the moment, observers say, more of the same-contradictory signals and trends which lead to unpredictable results.
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