Links and Minifeatures 03 06 Tuesday

Anything sound familiar about this article?

Homeowners stuck as lenders cinch standards

"There's a very delicate and difficult balance between getting as many people into houses as you can," Syron says, "and at the same time putting people into houses they can't keep unless home prices are appreciating or interest rates are very low." Hanging in that balance: nearly 400,000 homeowners with subprime ARMs who, like Booker in Chicago, have already missed at least one loan payment and have a lot fewer options now.

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Why are these reporters always showing up to the party only after bodies start piling up? If they had said something earlier, they could have stopped at least a percentage of the ongoing damage.



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March Madness at FMF



Round 2, contests 21-24



My Selections

23: Dave Ramsey is Bad at Math



Round 2, contests 25-28



My votes:

25: Financial Security

27: Buyers Who Don't Want A Buyer's Agent (never too proud to vote for myself)

28: Ten Ways Anyone Can Go to College With Zero Student Loans



Round 2, Posts 29-32



my votes:

30: Ask for a Pay Raise Discussion Instead of Demanding a Raise

32: Does your credit score matter?



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This story about a former Marine was on top of Yahoo! news: Duty, honor and curveballs



Good to the Padres for bringing him to camp. Good publicity in a city with a large military presence, yes. But giving him the opportunity he's earned, despite his injuries, is the right thing to do for all sorts of reasons. I don't care about professional sports games. But when someone does something this right, it needs to be acknowledged.



Here's hoping he's their first 20 game winner.



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National Review's Jonah Goldberg in USA Today on Democratic problems relating to national security.



There is no substitute for Victory. I will support anyone who walks the walk correctly in the War on Terror. And I do mean anyone, especially when their opponent does not. I don't like being a one issue voter, but this issue is that important to the future of all of us. If you don't think the issue is that important, you need to do more research.