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The Truth About The U.S. Postal Service

Arnold Hamilton - March 28, 2012 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER What does 50 cents buy these days? Not a cuppa joe, a pack of gum or a newspaper. But you can get a steal of deal for a 50-cent piece: a first-class stamp. Plus a nickel in change. Each day, six days a week, letter carriers traverse 4 million miles toting an […]

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Republicans, Defined

Arnold Hamilton - March 27, 2012 1

BY KENNY BELFORD As we approach the end of the comedy tour of the Republican primaries and debates, we can sum up in only a...

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The Highest Court And The NCAA

Arnold Hamilton - March 26, 2012 0

BY DANNY M. ADKISON It is late March and you know what that means. It means overtimes, last second shots, and blown calls by referees....

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Paul Ryan’s Plan For American Decline

Arnold Hamilton - March 23, 2012 0

BY JOE CONASON If the foreign adversaries and competitors of the United States imagined a future that would fulfill their most ambitious objectives, it might begin with a government crippled by the House Republican leadership’s “Ryan budget” released on Tuesday. Followed to its absurd conclusion, this document would lead America toward a withered state, approaching […]

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Sky Not Falling With Japanese Birth Rates

Arnold Hamilton - March 23, 2012 0

BY FROMA HARROP There’s one complaint visitors to Tokyo rarely make, and that is “not enough people.” With a population of 36 million, the Tokyo metropolitan area stuffs an average 6,800 people in each square mile. By contrast, the New York metro area, with 19 million residents, has a density of 2,800 people per square […]