Froma Harrop
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Getting more for less in health careJan 02, 2013 4:00 am - Sad, sad, sad that in talking about budget cuts, we use painful words like “extracting billions from Medicare” or “slashing the Medicare entitlement.” Has it ever occurr...
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The politics of threatDec 28, 2012 4:00 am - The people are sad. If holiday shopping is any measure of public mood, the joy vanished this year. The grade-school massacre depressed everyone, and now our rapid approa...
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Online and in your faceDec 21, 2012 9:06 am - They don’t like the crowds, the traffic, the parking chaos. They dislike the sameness — the same mall chain stores piping in the same holiday music and selling the same ...
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Real “realism” on gun controlDec 21, 2012 4:00 am - The usual gun extremists largely went into hiding this weekend after the obscenity in Connecticut. The National Rifle Association offered only a flowery expression of sy...
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Crashing federal hypocrisy on potDec 14, 2012 4:00 am - Ah, the great American West, where man can generally breathe free and also inhale — woman, too. Thank you, thank you, voters in Colorado and Washington state, for legali...
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Feds subsidize risk on farms as well as beachesDec 11, 2012 4:00 am - As global warming causes more serious and frequent shoreline flooding, indignation rises over federal programs helping owners of beach properties rebuild in places the o...
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Meet the undressed: Newswomen on TVDec 07, 2012 4:00 am - On a recent “Meet the Press,” host David Gregory presided in a tailored jacket and tie. Panelists Al Sharpton, David Brooks and Ken Burns appeared similarly professional...
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Elder lobby should back off on MedicareDec 03, 2012 4:00 am - AARP’s shot over the bow on the fiscal cliff talks is most unpleasant. Perhaps you’ve seen the ad on TV. As seniors go about their day, a stern female voice says of Medi...
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How to kill Social Security, with a smileNov 29, 2012 4:00 am - Conservatives never much liked Social Security. It’s a wildly popular government program that’s totally solvent until 2033. It will be easily fixable and by then may not...
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Health coverage a ‘gift’ to ourselvesNov 25, 2012 4:00 am - One of the more curious “gifts” in Mitt Romney’s list of ways Barack Obama allegedly bought off voters was letting young people up to the age of 26 stay on their parents...