Articles filed under Commentary
-
21 of 22 right on 3rd-grade test tells us a lotMar 08, 2015 12:00 am - I correctly answered 21 of 22 questions. On a test for third-graders. However, I think I made up for it on the essay portion, which wasn't graded in the online practice ...
-
GOP scrambles to keep ACA subsidies flowing in case of supreme court victoryMar 08, 2015 12:00 am - What happens if Republicans win the Supreme Court case against Obamacare? They might end up like the dog that caught the car. This week the court will hear oral argument...
-
Japan's sun poised to rise on world stageMar 06, 2015 12:00 am - While the Middle East and Eurasia are dominated by violent scenarios that change by the minute, Asia has been largely quiet, except for the Chinese military's “your isla...
-
Rauner budget is the right startMar 06, 2015 12:00 am - In the aftermath of the governor's budget proposal speech, the majority of Democrats in the House and Senate and even some of their Republican colleagues decried nearly ...
-
Assistance of regional superintendents in budget dangerMar 05, 2015 12:00 am - This year marks an important anniversary for our nation of 150 years since the end of the Civil War and untimely death of Abraham Lincoln, the president who led us throu...
-
Getting Africa's health systems to be self-reliantMar 04, 2015 12:00 am - After a storied history of revolutionary defiance toward America - in which Tanzania played host to Angela Davis, Huey Newton and Malcolm X - this country can hardly get...
-
ISIS poses no realistic threat to U.S.Mar 04, 2015 12:00 am - It's the Ebola panic all over again. Except they're calling it ISIS this time. OMG! OMG! We're all going to die! Cable TV news networks won't be happy until they've got ...
-
Israel's moral argument is at riskMar 03, 2015 12:00 am - Back in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party have run a campaign ad reminding voters of another time when the U.S. and Israel differed. That was...
-
Can Obama, Ryan team up to persuade trade hard-liners?Mar 03, 2015 12:00 am - There is a very short list of topics on which the Democratic president and the Republican Congress might actually cooperate. In fact, the list might contain only one ite...
-
Trooper rehab longer than trucker sentenceFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - The attorney for trucker Renato Velasquez put it well: "This case has no winners. It was just a tragedy." But the wife of severely injured state trooper Douglas Balder p...