 The Federal Reserve Chairman used his annual speech in Jackson Hole to indicate he may take more steps to stimulate growth. But at this point, neither he nor anyone else can really expect it to make much difference.  | Editorial: Take the money On Wednesday, Chicago schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard offered elementary school teachers a 2 percent raise, starting in January, if they would work 90 extra minutes a day. | | WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING For several years, (Gov. Rick) Perry has been traveling around Texas, and sometimes overseas, surrounded by a phalanx of Texas state troopers. The bodyguards are not present for security — a local police officer could handle that role. They're present to make Perry seem more important, as if a visiting head of state. When Perry attended the Indianapolis 500 in 2010, for example, he brought eight state troopers with him at Texas taxpayer expense. … Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, a humble man, had no bodyguards at the Indianapolis 500. … | |  | |
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