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Fri, December 1, 2023 | 04:53

US gun policy unfazed by Aurora massacre

WASHINGTON ― If you're among those who believe that the latest gun massacre will stimulate a national movement toward sanity in the handling of firearms you had better forget it. It isn't going to happen.

2012-08-01 17:29

Enslaved by taxes? Not necessarily

Enslaved by taxes? Not necessarily

One of the best tax-avoidance tactics in the late Roman Empire was to sell yourself into slavery. You didn’t really have to work as somebody’s slave, of course ― it was more like rock star Hotblack Desiato being “dead for a year for tax reasons” in Douglas Adams’s wondrous confection “The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” ― but with the legal status of slave, you were exempt...

2012-08-01 17:26

Obama hands Clinton convention spotlight

Obama hands Clinton convention spotlight

Nearly 12 years after he left office, Bill Clinton remains one of our most popular and compelling politicians. Many believe, probably correctly, that if the Constitution had allowed he could have won a third term as president in 2000, despite the sex scandals, his minor perjury rap and his impeachment by the House.

2012-07-31 17:28

Is it un-American to be a Christian?

The current hate campaign being waged by homosexual activists against fast food chain Chick-fil-A, because of the firm's Christian values, may well turn out to be a bridge too far. The effort may prove to be a setback for homosexual activism.

2012-07-31 17:26

Europe’s immigration challenge

LONDON ― Europe faces an immigration predicament. Mainstream politicians, held hostage by xenophobic parties, adopt anti-immigrant rhetoric to win over fearful publics, while the foreign-born are increasingly marginalized in schools, cities, and at the workplace. Yet, despite high unemployment across much of the continent, too many employers lack the workers they need. Engine...

2012-07-31 17:24

California needs state tax court

If you and the Internal Revenue Service disagree about your federal tax bill, the path of resolution is clear ― several layers of bureaucratic appeal and, if that process doesn't do it, a trip to tax court.

2012-07-30 17:27

Mix drought with politics and we all suffer

WASHINGTON ― Driving across the Midwest a few days ago, I was heartsick to see what the worst drought in half a century has done to once-gorgeous corn fields. In county after county, crops are withered, stunted and pathetic.

2012-07-30 17:11

Megabanker says break up megabanks

When Sanford Weill speaks, people listen. And what Sandy Weill, once arguably the nation's most powerful banker, is saying is that the biggest banks should be broken up.

2012-07-30 17:09

Racism, purity and innocence of children

Years ago a teenaged boy burned down our family restaurant and upstairs home in Massachusetts because he said he hated "Chinks." Several years went by when the young man, now in his 20s, was encouraged by his priest to come to my father and confess that his guilty conscience motivated him to confide in my father that he had been the one who had started the fire. The young man...

2012-07-30 17:06

Optimal class size for wholesome education

Optimal class size for wholesome education

As a homeroom teacher of high-school freshmen, I complain about the lack of control my students display in their attitudes from the first day they enter my class.

2012-07-29 17:28

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