Articles filed under Opinion
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Comforting words for young workersMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - Many speak of Gen X and Gen Y as “lost generations” destined to “not live as well” as their parents. A new Urban Institute study finds that young people up to the age of...
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The seeds of inspiration are all sizesMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of...
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Needed: A U.S. policy on SyriaMar 19, 2013 4:56 pm - The Obama administration’s fear of blowback in Syria — weapons falling into the hands of jihadists and other bad guys — can be avoided in only one sure way: Throw Americ...
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The risks of retreatMar 19, 2013 5:00 am - Declining national influence is a choice, and America seems to be making it. What foreign policy practitioners politely call the “churn” of events is beginning to look m...
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Health care market needs oversightMar 19, 2013 5:00 am - Sometimes the best journalism explains what’s right under our noses. In Steven Brill’s exhaustive Time magazine cover article, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killin...
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Red-light camera near mall is a scamMar 18, 2013 5:00 am - A recent trip to Deer Park mall got me a $100 ticket for a red light violation (not stopping completely). I feel this is a scam set up and enforced to gain revenue and h...
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Bypassing the simple fixes in budgetMar 18, 2013 5:00 am - The little secret of sequestration is that the Obama administration could fix much of the problem pretty quickly. But it doesn’t want to. Congress tells executive branch...
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Scary new world: Have mug shot removed for a feeMar 17, 2013 5:00 am - It can be a pretty scary world in which we live. Evidence is found on today’s Page 1, where Josh Stockinger chronicles a new enterprise that’s raised the hackles of law ...
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The silliness of demographic panicMar 15, 2013 5:00 am - If you drove to work today, did you worry about too few cars on the road? Do you wish more people were waiting in line at the public tennis courts? Are you eager to see ...
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News decisions involve more than hits and clicksMar 14, 2013 11:33 am - Random thoughts journalistic: Ÿ I promise not to devote yet another entire column to coverage of the April 9 election, but I couldn’t help shuddering at a true fact that...