Archive for November, 2011
2011 Christmas Letter
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Hackman’s! 2011 was quite a year in the east. Students loved all the snow days; we hit 105 in July; record rainfall; then snow before Halloween! This past year we enjoyed special celebrations in our family: Rose’s mom’s 90th birthday party and Jeff’s parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )How Much is $1.3 Trillion?
By: Jeff Hackman November 8, 2011 By late 2011, we will reach the $1.3 Trillion mark in spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We’re adding about $2.5 billion more to that total each week. These wars are now the second most expensive in US history (only World War II cost more). How much [...]
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