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This week's headlines declared the so-called public option dead on arrival after the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected two versions of it offered by Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer of…
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moved swiftly to ensure that his home state of Nevada wouldn’t be hurt by Medicaid changes included in the health care reform bill moving through…
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Frankly, the investigative journalism gig has gotten pretty easy these days.
In the corridors of power, evidence is as easy to pick up as cigar butts used to be, of the…
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The Supreme Court could ignite a vigorous new fight over state and local gun controls across the nation when it rules on a challenge to Chicago's handgun ban.
The court said…
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When publishers call their editorial writers together for the daily conference, they often like to say: "So, how are we solving the world's problems today?" This is a little publisher…
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Speed bumps are a minor irritant of American life. Now there's another, more major irritant -- drivers who honk when they come to one.
Being something of a modern-culture laggard, I…
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