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Hillary Is Too Old For What?

Arnold Hamilton - February 20, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP The esteemed political writer Charlie Cook recently produced a column titled “Is Hillary Clinton Too Old to Run?” Despite couching his thoughts with a mention that if Clinton were to run, she would be the same age as Ronald Reagan when he was first elected president, 69, he did venture over the […]

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A Woman’s Place Is … In The Winner’s Circle

Arnold Hamilton - February 19, 2014 0

BY DAVID PERRYMAN The sun rose in the east as domino players from the region and across the country gathered in Carnegie, OK this month...

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The What-Abouts And Whereabouts Of Sen. Pat Roberts

Arnold Hamilton - February 19, 2014 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER In The Wizard Of Oz, Dorothy assessed the odd things she was experiencing and said to her little dog, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Lately, Sen. Pat Roberts has gained a new understanding of what Dorothy meant. The Kansas Republican has been in the U.S. Senate for 18 […]

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The Home Country

Arnold Hamilton - February 19, 2014 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Kiev did not seem familiar when I visited a few years ago for the first and only time. Old and a little tired, but friendly. Reasonable. It wasn’t scary and off-putting; it was bright and shiny. Red Square meets Beverly Hills, more mirrors than Las Vegas – like the little bright pocket […]

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Stop Insulting Minimum Wage Workers

Arnold Hamilton - February 18, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP Beating down low-paid workers is not only not nice but also not necessarily good for business. And though some arguments against raising the minimum wage are debatable, others are simply insulting. The national minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour. Back in 1968, it was $10.77 in today’s dollars. So President Obama’s […]