When food stamps define a town’s economy

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Woonsocket, Rhode Island, a town where one-third of the population receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits (SNAP, or food stamps), is on a “monthly boom-and-bust cycle,” as an excellent Washington Post article by Eli Saslow describes it. On the first of every month, 13,752 people in town get their SNAP benefits—Rhode Island doesn’t stagger benefits… Read more »

Kirsten Powers On Benghazi: ‘Someone Should Ask Obama To Define The Word Transparency’

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On Tuesday’s Special Report with Bret Baier, a Fox News panel consisting of Kirsten Powers, Tucker Carlson, and Charles Krauthammer discussed the latest development in the Benghazi investigation. Baier aired a clip of Fox News’s James Cutter’s interview with newly-minted Secretary of State John Kerry, conducted earlier in the day. Rosen asked, “Why have we… Read more »