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A Census Bureau report last week tells us these are hard times.OK, on first blush you might be tempted to say, Tell us something we didnt already know.For more than three years, the economy has...
DATE: Sept. 27, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
It isnt known as the minicommittee.Leaders from previous administrations, from across the political spectrum, from business and commerce have sent a letter urging the 12-member committee on debt...
DATE: Sept. 20, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
The food stamp program thats what most people still call it, rather than the official and unwieldy Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was adopted to help Americans with low incomes put...
DATE: Sept. 17, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
Following the debt-ceiling deal, much of the talk in Washington has turned to job creation. But can the government create jobs? Its track record isnt so hot on that front.In fact, the federal...
DATE: Sept. 15, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
Are regulations truly a hindrance to businesses?Not according to 200 members of the National Association for Business Economics.Eighty percent of survey respondents felt that the current...
DATE: Aug. 30, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
We hope it is not just a buzz-word of coming elections and candidates and that voters take it very seriously as they make their decisions to run for office or how they are going to vote.As a...
DATE: Aug. 25, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
The definition of family has changed in the decades since Father Knows Best was a popular TV show. Instead of Mom cooking and cleaning on the home front, Dad at work all day and then dispensing...
DATE: Aug. 20, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
Fight for post officesA school, a grocery store, a restaurant and a post office. The first three of those four brick-and-mortar markers of a self-sufficient small town took direct hits in Kansas...
DATE: Aug. 11, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
The U.S. debt debacle may signal the end of the American century not only economically, but also militarily and diplomatically. A minor exchange hinted at the shape of things to come. On a visit to...
DATE: Aug. 9, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
The closer Congress lets our country drift to financial disaster, the louder the vitriol and doublespeak becomes.Do us one favor, Congress. Just do your job and spare us the lectures and the...
DATE: July 30, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
What a difference two years make.In the summer of 2009, medical marijuana dispensaries were sprouting like weeds throughout the state, buoyed by a state court case and new federal interpretation of...
DATE: July 5, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say
The nations founders railed against partisan factions and political parties, but eventually they discovered that without both a democratic government would prove impossible. You need a party in...
DATE: June 21, 2011 | COLUMN: Others Say