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Column: Long-term welfare reform
From the Super Committee to the Simpson-Bowles Commission, it seems like every bipartisan effort to avoid a looming debt crisis has ended up in the garbage can.
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Column: Do not give up on Obamacare
Presidential campaigns are not unlike the arena competitions of Suzanne Collins’ novel “The Hunger Games,” in which children must fight each other to the death and survive by any means necessary. It is a world in which the one who survives the longest is crowned the winner.
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Editorial: Zimmerman charged in Trayvon Martin shooting
And the Trayvon Martin saga continues. George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, according to a CNN article. Zimmerman surrendered himself to Florida authorities early Wednesday evening and was promptly arrested.
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Column: Redefining diplomacy
Hillary Clinton has been an outstanding secretary of state. During her tenure, Clinton has enjoyed high approval ratings nationally and has been welcomed with general acclaim by the international community. She has been innovative in guiding the trajectory of the U.S.
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Editorial: Petrino terminated after completed review by Long
Arkansas head football coach Bobby Petrino was fired Tuesday night after athletic director Jeff Long concluded his review and released shocking information to the public about the nature of the motorcycle crash and the events surrounding the Petrino scandal.
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Editorial: Trayvon Martin case should be tried by jury
In a sure-to-be hotly debated decision, special prosecutor Angela Corey announced that a grand jury will not examine the case of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old who was shot and killed in Sanford by self-proclaimed neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
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Column: Facebook’s $1B Instagram purchase instantly disliked
In yet another act of wistful money wasting, Facebook announced it would purchased the image-sharing application Instagram for a whopping $1 billion Monday. Let me share my overwhelming enthusiasm. Cough.
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Column: The discretionary illusion
Many people seem to assume that placing intelligent people in positions of power and then granting these individuals broad discretionary powers to do as they see fit is the best way to go about solving the world’s many problems. However, this idea is often an illusion.
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Editorial: Romney on the Charles
Last Thursday, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney attributed President Barack Obama’s alleged ineptitude to his having “spent too much time at Harvard, perhaps.” If learning at this university has the potential to dull one’s faculties, Romney must be speaking from experience.