http://blog.ted.com/2009/01/30/maira_kalmans_b/ The TED Blog shares interesting news about TED, TEDTalks video, the TED Prize and more. Sat, 25 May 2013 21:35:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.ted.com/2009/01/30/maira_kalmans_b/comment-page-1/#comment-15528 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:28:43 +0000 http://blog-staging.ted.com/2009/01/maira_kalmans_b/#comment-15528 [...] Maira Kalman’s going, I’ll not be far behind. I first met her via the TED speaker series and was smitten with her wit, charm and humor. Then I spent some time on her blog for the NYTimes [...]

]]> http://blog.ted.com/2009/01/30/maira_kalmans_b/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://blog-staging.ted.com/2009/01/maira_kalmans_b/#comment-1138 This is a wonderful painting made by a very innovative and thinker showing her idea or thoughts of American Democracy. Part of the Democratic Party,Tim Johnson, State Senator in South Dakota, is drawing fire from his opinions about payday loans or lending. He is advocating for regulation, but not an outright ban, on payday loans. Tim Johnson received campaign contributions from payday loan lenders, but he says it doesn’t affect his position. He purports that while regulating practices so that they aren’t predatory is a good aim, but ban first and ask questions later policies benefit nobody, least of all the consumer, as they will be driven to far worse alternatives. That is a wise stance on payday loans from Tim Johnson..

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