Froma Harrop
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Osama gone, but not terrorismMay 02, 2011 12:00 am - Of course, we're celebrating. And of course, they're threatening retaliation. Osama bin Laden is dead, and with him died as much twisted malice as can be found in a man ...
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Go-it-alone ObamaMay 02, 2011 12:00 am - With any luck, more than Osama bin Laden has been killed. So, too, has the doctrine that America has to work with allies or with other countries, especially in the Islam...
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In defense of the mom-and-pop storeMay 01, 2011 12:00 am - I found this quote, buried in a news story about rising prices in China: “I hear that many Chinese exporters are rejecting orders from Walmart and other Western retaile...
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Curbing Medicare costs without vouchersApr 25, 2011 12:00 am - About 10 years ago, a new radiation treatment for prostate cancer came on line. A single course of “intensity-modulated radiation therapy” cost Medicare about $42,000. T...
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America's not a Third World country — yetApr 21, 2011 12:00 am - Let's start with the assumption that America is not a Third World country. In poor countries, many people never see doctors. Only the elite go to college. Rattletrap tra...
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A stunning message on teen-pregnancyApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - By Froma Harrop America's tailspin toward the cultural abyss has gained speed with an ad featuring single-mother celebrity Bristol Palin. Bloggers unfriendly to her moth...
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The GOP plan for Medicare is not niceApr 08, 2011 12:00 am - The House Republican plan for balancing budgets includes deep cuts in federal health care spending. It is honest but not nice. It’s not nice at all. Give the blueprint’s...
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Foggy thinking in the Sunshine StateMar 30, 2011 11:00 pm - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — You'd think that a state knocked cold by the real-estate meltdown would invest in a future not based on housing bubbles. And that if the feds dan...
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Praise for (some) tea partyersMar 29, 2011 12:00 am - When it comes to my sanity, the tea party often taketh away. I go nuts when they throw out huge sums to cut from budgets without getting into details. Ditto when they ba...
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The madness of slamming midnight basketballMar 23, 2011 12:00 am - Eighteen years ago, “midnight basketball” was the big har-har-har on the conservative talk circuit. It was a federal program that sought to coax young men off the late-n...