Froma Harrop
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The middle class and its entitlementsOct 02, 2011 4:00 am - To what are Americans entitled? Government-guaranteed health coverage in old age? Government-guaranteed health coverage at any age? Subsidized housing if they’re low inc...
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The housing bust has a good sideSep 26, 2011 4:00 am - Anyone who has seen a friend kick an addiction — be it to alcohol, drugs or cigarettes — knows the extreme discomfort and force of will required. America has long suffer...
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Obama knows the right way to cut a deficitSep 22, 2011 4:00 am - President Obama’s deficit-cutting plan is not perfect, but close to it. It’s fiscally smart and politically smart. He said that about a third of the money would come fr...
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Global warming is here, all rightSep 20, 2011 5:00 am - Bark beetles and egrets don’t care whether Gov. This or Sen. That believes in global warming. They feel it in their whatevers. Responding to warmer temperatures, plant a...
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Disapproval, of course, is a relative thingSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - If the 2012 election were held today, Republicans could very well have their heads handed to them. I do not think this alone. Their debt-ceiling high jinks were no doubt...
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No Exit From the Realities of Sept. 11Sep 11, 2011 12:00 am - I remember Sept. 10, too. On that crisp night 10 years ago, friends and I went to hear Les Paul at a basement club in Times Square. The place was packed, and as was my h...
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Beware of easy ‘fixes’ for entitlement programsSep 06, 2011 5:00 am - Please, everyone, stop monkeying around with Social Security and Medicare. We mean you, Republicans, and you, Democrats. No one’s saying that Social Security can’t be sl...
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The progressives’ freedom agendaSep 06, 2011 12:00 am - The third week in July, Republican Gov. Rick Perry said that the U.S. Constitution — whose 10th Amendment limits federal power — gives states the right to decide on such...
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Scott Brown no shoe-in for re-electionAug 30, 2011 5:02 am - When Scott Brown was elected U.S. senator from Massachusetts in a special election last year, Republicans rejoiced. They had wrested the Senate seat held by the late lib...
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‘Enforcement’ of immigration laws already hereAug 25, 2011 5:00 am - Have you noticed that our immigration laws are finally being enforced? That illegal immigration is way down? That employers hiring undocumented workers are finally being...