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Posted: Monday - March 22, 2010
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How can we get more jobs?
There are lots of serious problems of various kinds in this world. But for most individuals, having a job that produces an income can help solve, or at least alleviate, a great many of our personal problems.
Posted: Monday - March 22, 2010
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A serious warning about U.S. debt
It is painful for a person to learn his credit score has dropped, perhaps because he misused credit cards. But it is a disgrace that the top-notch credit rating of the United States may be downgraded because of the massive debt our country is piling up.
Posted: Monday - March 22, 2010
Upholding local voters' rights
Concern about poor academic performance at any of our public schools is understandable and appropriate, and there is great concern for our local Howard School of Academics and Technology.
Posted: Monday - March 22, 2010
Detroit's perfume wars
Suppose you worked with a colleague whose perfume or cologne were heavy enough to be offensive. What would be the appropriate response?
Posted: Sunday - March 21, 2010
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What do 'earmarks' cost us?
There are lots of things that our federal government has to do, should do, and that we want it to do. They are listed in the Constitution of the United States.
Posted: Sunday - March 21, 2010
Heading off a state income tax
The Tennessee Constitution wisely forbids the imposition of a general state income tax, as two state Supreme Court rulings have pointed out.
Posted: Sunday - March 21, 2010
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'Under God' still safe -- for now
A federal court has delivered a one-two punch to a strident California atheist who has repeatedly tried to have references to God removed from the Pledge of Allegiance and U.S. currency.
Posted: Sunday - March 21, 2010
Recess requires a coach?
You may have read about schools that have cut out the time-honored tradition of recess. Some principals think games such as tag are "exclusionary" or that children who lose at kickball may feel bad.
Posted: Saturday - March 20, 2010
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Atrocious ObamaCare push
This weekend looms as the possible showdown time in the U.S. House of Representatives for an atrocious ObamaCare medicine bill.
Posted: Saturday - March 20, 2010
Amazing illegal drug activities
Sensible people surely are amazed that some of our people endanger themselves and others, and break the law, by the illegal manufacture, sale and use of various drugs.
Posted: Saturday - March 20, 2010
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More 'gun' foolishness
The Second Amendment of the Constitution provides that "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." Fine.
Posted: Saturday - March 20, 2010
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An ACORN by any other name . . .
Shakespeare, among others, pointed out that what we name something is not nearly so important as what that thing is or does: "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," he wrote in "Romeo and Juliet."
Posted: Friday - March 19, 2010
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Medical debate phoniness
Facts, common sense and public opinion are arrayed solidly against ObamaCare socialized medicine, even as Democrats in Congress rush toward possible passage of the legislation this weekend.
Posted: Friday - March 19, 2010
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Senate 'jobs bill' not solution
Our economy is obviously in serious trouble, with nationwide unemployment about 10 percent and joblessness even worse in some places.
Posted: Friday - March 19, 2010
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Seven years of U.S. war in Iraq ...
There were "shock and awe" when massive United States aerial attacks struck Iraq at 9:30 p.m. on March 19, 2003, U.S. Eastern Standard Time -- seven years ago today! (It was 5:30 a.m. on March 20, 2003, in Iraq.)
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