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Canada Can Be Tough On Immigration

Arnold Hamilton - October 23, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP Two years ago, Jeffrey Niehaus was a popular teacher at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. An American, Niehaus had applied for permanent residency in Canada. But Canada turned him down. The reason? The psychology professor’s 4-year-old son, Kurt, had autism. Treating autism would have been too costly for the government’s […]

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What Bipartisanship?

Arnold Hamilton - October 22, 2014 0

Editor’s Note: Former Democratic candidate Billy Coyle is appearing alongside GOP state Labor Commissioner Mark Costello in TV ads endorsing Republican Steve Russell’s 5th...

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Going From One Bad War To A Worse One

Arnold Hamilton - October 22, 2014 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER In 2004, Stuart Bowen of Texas was asked by a friend to take on a difficult and important job, which he did. Bowen’s friend was George W. Bush, and the job was to investigate corruption and waste in Iraq, where his buddy George had launched a misguided and very costly war, as […]

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‘Death With Dignity’ Law Is Least Slippery Slope

Arnold Hamilton - October 21, 2014 0

BY FROMA HARROP The story of Brittany Maynard has revived the debate over Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act. The law lets terminally ill patients end their lives with the aid of a doctor. That Maynard is a pretty 29-year-old newlywed using her personal tragedy to broaden support for such laws provokes and rankles foes of […]

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Vote!

Arnold Hamilton - October 21, 2014 0

BY SHARON MARTIN It isn’t Ebola. It’s not terrorism. Apathy and ignorance are the greatest threats to this country, followed closely by greed and a lust for...