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Better Off Than Four Years Ago? I’d Say

Arnold Hamilton - September 6, 2012 0

BY FROMA HARROP Are you better off today than you were four years ago? Ronald Reagan’s 1980 campaign zinger is back in 2012. Let’s see. Four years ago … four years ago. That was September 2008. Oh yes, I remember it well. It was a time of white-knuckled panic that a new Great Depression was […]

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My Better Angel

Arnold Hamilton - September 5, 2012 0

BY JACK FARLEY I must admit to approaching the Democratic National Convention with a healthy amount of news reporter cynicism, which means that I was...

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The Elephant Show

Arnold Hamilton - September 5, 2012 0

BY SHARON MARTIN We’ve chosen our candidates in state primaries, so why do we even need conventions? Seems like a waste of good money to...

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‘Forward’

Arnold Hamilton - September 5, 2012 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH In backgrounding reporters in advance of the Democratic convention, organizers reportedly stressed that the tone in Charlotte would be much more optimistic than that in Tampa: that Democrats are looking “forward,” focusing on the future, even as they trumpet President Obama’s past accomplishments. Good try, my friends. I don’t think the word […]

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A Modest Proposal: Raise Medicare Age To 95

Arnold Hamilton - September 4, 2012 0

BY FROMA HARROP Those who liken the health plan for government employees to the Republican plan for moving Medicare to private insurers miss a significant difference: the patients. The Federal Employee Health Benefits program works because its beneficiaries tend to be young and healthy. The many employees not needing expensive care subsidize the few who […]