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Ben and Bernie’s World

Susan Estrich - November 18, 2015 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH In the wake of the horrors in Paris, it only made sense to change the focus of Saturday night’s Democratic debate from economic issues to national security, as CBS News did. You might think the candidates would jump at the opportunity to have a large audience hear them address the frightening specter […]

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Let’s Get on Board with High-Speed Rail

Jim Hightower - November 18, 2015 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Practically every wealthy nation today is making major investments in building high-speed rail networks to transport their people: Japan, Canada, France, Russia, India, England, Morocco, Korea, Saudi Arabia, Italy, China, Mexico, Poland, Spain, Brazil, Germany, South Africa, Turkey and more. But not us, the wealthiest nation, with dozens of cities dotted across […]

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The Paris Attacks and What Must Change

Froma Harrop - November 17, 2015 0

BY FROMA HARROP Many French people referred to the January attacks on the offices of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and other sites as their 9/11. As awful as that time was, it was not a 9/11. Seventeen people died that day. The Sept. 11, 2001, assaults on New York and Washington left nearly 3,000 […]

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Is A Unicameral Legislature In Oklahoma’s Future?

David Perryman - November 17, 2015 0

BY DAVID PERRYMAN In November 1889 Republican President Benjamin Harrison signed Proclamations admitting both North Dakota and South Dakota into the Union. He purposely...

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Hatred Isn’t Holy

Sharon Martin - November 15, 2015 1

BY SHARON MARTIN I’ve heard, and I believe, that if your religious faith practices hate, you’re doing it wrong. God doesn’t love Christians and hate atheists...