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Column: Chicago Public Schools teachers cry foul on such variety of issues, public can’t make sense of it
Teachers from Chicago Public Schools hit the streets to strike Monday. It is the first time they have gone on strike in 25 years, and union leaders are butting heads with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel over a number of issues.
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Column: Debunking the middle class
Game theory suggests that in the final sum of things, Democratic politics is mostly about wooing the median voter, i.e. the individual or demographic whose inclusion will bring your coalition to 50.1 percent of the vote.
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Column: The economy still sucks
Last month, the national unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent. Given that the unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent in October 2009, the economy must have improved significantly over the last three years, right? Actually, no. In many ways, the economy has barely improved, if at all.
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Column: DNC provides bump, but doesn’t push Obama over the edge
With the Republican and Democratic National Conventions completed and the party bases energized, the real campaigning begins as the candidates focus their efforts more aggressively on swing states. The Democratic Party has demonstrated that it knows how to rally its base and energize support.
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Column: Apple controls consumers after verdict
The latest model of the iPhone comes out September 12, and as consumers upgrade their phones, they will downgrade their values in American capitalism. As if in anticipation of putting its new toy on the market, Apple successfully sued Samsung late last month for rights on intellectual property.
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Column: Virginia Tech decision sets high bar for college campus safety
It’s more than a little ironic that an investigation into whether or not Virginia Tech officials acted in a “timely” fashion in the wake of the 2007 shooting has taken more than five years to complete.
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Column: Drilling efforts would quell rising gas prices
An article released by the Associated Press last week reported that drivers have been paying record prices for gasoline. The national average for Aug. 20 was $3.72 per gallon, up from $3.58 a gallon in 2011.
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Column: Assault weapons ban won’t stop mass shootings
There seem to have been a lot of mass shootings lately. On July 20, James Eagan Holmes (who is, of course, innocent until proven guilty, but is currently the only suspect) walked into the premiere of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in Aurora, Colo., and opened fire, killing 12 and injuring 58.
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Column: ‘Forward’ slogan for Obama a tricky sell
With only two months to go until the 2012 election, President Obama has an average lead in the polls of only a few percentage points, according to realclearpolitics.com. In essence, the race is tied.