Alyssa A. Lappen is a U.S.-based investigative journalist focusing on the Middle East and related issues. Her work has appeared frequently in FrontPageMagazine.com, AmericanThinker.com and other internet and print journals. Since October, 2005, a senior fellow at the American Center for Democracy (ACD), Alyssa A. Lappen is also a former senior editor of Institutional Investor, Working Woman and Corporate Finance and a former Associate Editor of Forbes. Since 1998, more than 50 of Ms. Lappen’http://www.terrorfinance.org/the_terror_fi...

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This article from yesterday’s AAS, For some House hires, ‘full time’ isn’t, about members of the Texas House of Representatives keeping staff on the payroll full time, while paying them very little, tries to make it seem as if something nefarious is going on. Lawyer Elizabeth Fazio is a full-time student in Denver, Colo., who works part time for accounting giant KPMG. She’s also listed on the Texas House of Representatives’ payroll as a full-time employee. Former state Rep. Zeb Zbranek, who lhttp://eyeonwilliamson.org/?p=2066...