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Standing Up For Common Sense
During a recent city council meeting, the mayor of Keene, New Hampshire leaned over to a council member and whispered excitedly: “We’re going to have our own tank.”
Syria’s Butcher
Our Health Care Racket
In most countries, health care is aimed at curing the sick. Here, not so much. In the United States, health care is a profit center, one of our nation’s few growth industries. Young people are wisely counseled to pursue health-related careers. As a service, it’s harder to ship overseas.
The Lineup: Week of March 12-18, 2012
William A. Collins discusses the death-with-dignity movement.
Rush Limbaugh and the Live Volcano
It’s not about free speech. Within extremely wide limits, Rush Limbaugh certainly has the right to say anything he pleases on the air.
Hate Groups Spread Lies and Kill Cops
In the new annual census of extremist and hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), we found that groups on the radical right had grown dramatically in 2011 for a third consecutive year. This expansion has swelled the ranks of extremists to record levels.
Inching Toward Progress on the North Korean Nuke Problem
Following years of deadlock, the United States and North Korea finally struck a deal in late February.
Job-Killing Tax Breaks
As the owner and general manager of two inns near Harvard University, I derive personal satisfaction and intellectual rewards from developing and running a successful small business.
Pumping Gas Prices for All They’re Worth
Oh my God. Gasoline is headed for five bucks a gallon. I read it in the newspaper, so I know it’s true. The national average is already creeping up on $4 and it’ll climb higher as the summer surge in travel arrives, those energy experts say.
Attack of the Billionaires
It was a total lockdown. As jet after jet swept in surreptitiously with top brass and political decision-makers on board, every entrance to the site of the super-secret Coachella Valley planning summit was secured and patrolled by armed guards and helicopters.
