Froma Harrop
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For some, manufacturing can be a marvelous careerJul 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The United States has shed 2 million factory jobs since 2007, yet many American companies can't find qualified workers to fill their available openings. That's a shockin...
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How much cyberparenting must schools do?Jul 08, 2010 11:00 pm - A boy has apparently sent filthy text messages to your daughter over the weekend. Both are sixth-graders at the same school. You, the girl's father, coach sports with th...
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Government pensions face the musicJun 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Very few of my friends in their 40s talk about their impending retirements, but every one who does works for government, be it local, state or federal. That's because th...
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Voter unrest could also help DemocratsJun 10, 2010 11:00 pm - It's hard to call the outcomes of recent primaries a "voter uprising." It looks more like democracy in action than a series of coup d'etats. Replacing party establishmen...
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What could these candidates have been thinking?May 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Candidates subject themselves to all those boring chicken dinners, weekends on the road and having to flatter unpleasant people. Their campaign workers, contributors and...
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Taxpayers and housing need a divorceMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Even though Las Vegas is full of never-sold and foreclosed-upon houses, a rumble of new home building has begun there. Similar trends are seen in other housing meltdown ...
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Gulf shrimpers had economic interests, tooMay 13, 2010 11:00 pm - A pile of beautiful Gulf shrimp beckoned from the fish counter, and I thought, better buy them soon. Louisiana shrimpers are now trying to grab all they can get before t...
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The five commandments of tax reformApr 10, 2010 11:00 pm - The tax code needs fixing to be fairer and less complex. But let's set some rules for this debate. Here are the Five Commandments of Tax Reform: 1. Thou shall simplify ...
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'Doing better' than one's parentsApr 07, 2010 11:00 pm - If the new federal program to help homeowners pay their mortgage bugs you, read a Wall Street Journal article titled, "Bank of Mom and Dad Shuts Amid White-Collar Strugg...
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Let's leave the prognosticating to the soothsayersApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Political sages turn today's polling and past voter behavior into confident predictions about upcoming elections. That's their job. But fortunetellers may do nearly as w...