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What to Expect From Obama and Congress
November 9, 2012
So, two years and several billion dollars after the 2012 election campaign began, the American people have expressed their unhappiness with the national condition by putting the same guy back in White House, the same Republicans in charge of the House and the same Democrats ... Read more »
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The Mitts are Off
November 2, 2012
With the election nearly upon us, the continuing evidence of bad judgment astounds me. I surmise it's the single most reason the polls show the race to be nearly even. It shouldn't be. Well, maybe that's not true. Both parties have morphed into something beyond ... Read more »
Just My Opinion
This Election is About More Than Money
November 1, 2012
In this election, as in most others, the principle concerns have gathered around budgets, taxes, expenditures, deficits, jobs, the Gross National Product, disparities in income and other measures of economic health. These are, without a doubt, the issues that drive our national interest. Candidates and ... Read more »
Ranking America, With Sobering Statistics
October 31, 2012
Bad news for Americans on the lower rungs of the ladder who believe their children have a good chance at rising to the Middle Class: “A rich child in the U.S. is more than twice as likely as a poor child to end up in ... Read more »
Just My Opinion
2012: America's Fork in the Road
October 24, 2012
For one month I have been discussing the kind of nation and world we want for our great-grandchildren. In the first two columns, I suggested a sustainable environment and a safe, peaceful international community. The next column summarized responses to my original question. Then, there ... Read more »
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I've Got Your Back
October 19, 2012
What sort of society do we want for our great-grandchildren? A fascinating collection of responses have come from my readers. Some of them I detailed in last week’s column. But perhaps the best of all came from a military veteran who proffered the words of ... Read more »
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