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The State Of Our Union

Arnold Hamilton - January 29, 2014 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH So the economy, it turns out, is better than it’s been since Barack Obama took office. We are better off today than we were five years ago. Who knew? Oh, I guess we knew that the housing market is recovering and unemployment is down, and some baby boomers are actually beginning to […]

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Red State Blues

Arnold Hamilton - January 28, 2014 0

BY RICHARD L. FRICKER An interesting aspect of living in Oklahoma – one of if not the reddest state in the Union – is that...

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High Taxes, Regulations And Doing Fine

Arnold Hamilton - January 28, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP “The not so Golden State” is how a recent issue of The Economist magazine tags California’s business climate. It’s the latest in a trove of conservative literature trying to dance around the fact that high-tax, highly regulated, bureaucratic states can be economic powerhouses. The writers deal with the “problem” by burying reality […]

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The White House And Campus Rape

Arnold Hamilton - January 28, 2014 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Last Wednesday, the White House announced that it was launching a new federal task force to address sexual assault on college campuses. “I’ve got your back,” the president said to the millions of American women [the White House report put the number at one in five] who are forced to have sex […]