by Lily Gates | Aug 31, 2020 | Blog Post, Policy Wonk, Purple problem solving
Photo by Noah on Unsplash “It is easier in today’s climate to play the zealot than to look for the best in one’s opponents. Coalition-building wins few adherents on Twitter and rarely makes for exciting television. But it gets things...
by Lily Gates | Aug 15, 2020 | Blog Post, Policy Wonk, Purple problem solving
Photo by Sean McAuliffe on Unsplash Close your eyes and picture a four-year-old child drawing a circle. Strange, I know, but trust me on this one. Unless this four-year-old is an artistic prodigy, their circle will most likely not consist of a smooth curve. Instead,...
by Lily Gates | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog Post, Purple problem solving
Photo by Mari Madriz on Unsplash First in an occasional series by Lily Gates, recently graduated from James Madison University with a double major in public policy and philosophy. We asked her to educate us on policy concepts that are on the newer side! Making sense...
by Susan Wharton Gates | Nov 22, 2019 | Blog Post, Uncategorized, Unum
In 1973 my father ruined the family vacation by watching the Watergate hearings every minute of every day. I was a teenager. I thought he had lost his mind. So boring. Not to mention tedious, contentious, picayune. Last week I logged more hours of TV than I had in...
by Susan Wharton Gates | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog Post
Hey Did you hear about the big sale? The good stuff. Not just on sale, it’s all free Somebody already paid so, yeah, like Just bring your crap and they give you new Easter duds. Good looking, you looking fine, stains out, rips mended. Suits you perfectly. It’s paid...
by Susan Wharton Gates | Jan 15, 2017 | Blog Post, Policy Wonk
In prepared remarks at the annual convention of the Mortgage Bankers Association, Mel Watt, Federal Housing Finance Agency director, said that the GSEs under his charge would again be permitted to guarantee mortgages with as little as 3 percent down. Cue the cheers...
