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Free Community College Tuition Should Just Be The Start

Arnold Hamilton - January 27, 2015 0

BY FROMA HARROP It’s good that many Republicans have joined Democrats in declaring the growth of economic inequality a problem. And some are even looking to solutions beyond making the rich richer through tax cuts. As we’ve seen, rising stock prices do not necessarily lead to jobs – for Americans, that is. The crumbling of […]

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What Will SCOTUS Do?

Arnold Hamilton - January 27, 2015 0

Update 2 p.m., Jan. 28, 2015: The U.S. Supreme Court today ordered that three Oklahoma executions – including Richard Glossip's scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday –...

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Stop Making Excuses For Nonvoting Millennials

Arnold Hamilton - January 26, 2015 0

BY FROMA HARROP The recent economic crisis hit the American middle class hard. But for the youngest adults trying to gain a foothold in the good life, it’s been devastating. So why did so few millennials, the huge cohort of 18- to 29-year-olds, vote last November? Only 21% bothered. Let’s dispense with the excuse that […]

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An Observation From The Farm

Arnold Hamilton - January 25, 2015 0

BY DAVID PERRYMAN My Dad was my vo-ag instructor. In fact, over a nearly four decade long career, he taught me, all three of my...

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As Physicians We Ask: Will No One ‘Treat’ This Insanity?

Arnold Hamilton - January 24, 2015 0

BY BRUCE AMUNDSON Nuclear weapons are the only weapons of mass destruction not yet prohibited by an international convention, even though they have the greatest...