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Lessons Not Learned In Boston Bombing

Arnold Hamilton - April 15, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP Airport gift shops throughout New England are piling “Boston Strong” T-shirts in vivid colors. “Boston Strong” became a rallying cry of solidarity after the terrorist bombing last year at the Boston Marathon. As the anniversary of the attack – and the next race on April 21 – approaches, emotional coverage of the […]

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Don’t Vote For Me … If

Arnold Hamilton - April 14, 2014 0

BY DON NELSON I have decided that a life in elected office will never be my fortune. For one thing my campaign ads would be...

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Bigotry And Injustice Endure

Arnold Hamilton - April 11, 2014 0

BY JOSEPH H. CARTER SR. In quaint historic events, four U.S. presidents swooped into Austin, TX this week to praise President Lyndon B. Johnson’s pivotal...

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If Hypocrisy Were A Felony

Arnold Hamilton - April 11, 2014 0

BY MARK SHIELDS To be fair, most Republicans have never hidden their distaste for campaign-finance laws that place limits on how much someone can give to a political candidate or campaign, or how much the candidate or the campaign can spend. The reform most consistently championed by Republicans and conservative editorial pages has instead been […]

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Let There Be Light On Health Spending

Arnold Hamilton - April 11, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP Foes of ObamaCare often frame such health reforms as “redistribution” schemes. They take money from hardworking Americans and give it to the presumably undeserving. My conservative friends are right that a lot of health reform is about redistribution. What they get wrong are the arrows on the real redistribution chart. Health care […]