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Monthly Archives: August 2013

Money And Education

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BY SHARON MARTIN There’s a lot of money to be made in education … unless you’re a teacher. Teachers with proper training are indispensible, and the...

Bullying, Congressional-Style

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BY DON NELSON There are two methods of controlling human beings: One is to negotiate a resolution; it is an attempt to calm the savage...

Measuring GOP Extremism

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BY JOE CONASON It is becoming increasingly plain that the most formidable obstacle to national progress and global security is the Republican Party – and specifically the extremist factions that currently dominate the GOP. Now Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg and political strategist James Carville have announced what they plan to do about that pressing problem: […]

We Don’t Need Political Mini-Royals

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BY FROMA HARROP Can Huma save Anthony Weiner? Why Huma “stands by her man.” What is Huma thinking? These and other pseudo questions top our political news these days. One appreciates the enormous entertainment value of the repetitiously lewd former Rep. Anthony Weiner, as of this writing still a candidate for New York City mayor. […]

Seldom Heard Discouraging Words

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BY DAVID PERRYMAN I have always wondered what Otorhinolaryngologists did in their spare time in the 1870’s. I bet you have, too. Well, wonder no more...