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PublishedDecember 30, 2012
Liberal arts education needs a moral compass
As a recent graduate of a liberal arts college, I was pleased to see professor Joseph Reisert's recent column "Liberal arts professors challenged to show value of their disciplines" because it highlights a growing problem facing academia. Due to higher costs, students are rightfully looking for a better return on their investment. However, the modern liberal education faces a deeper problem: It lacks moral seriousness.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2012
EBT cards should be used to help the truly needy
I was recently in a local convenience store paying for gas, when the clerk pointed out to me that the guy in front of me just used his electronic benefit transfer card cash allotment to buy a 12-pack of beer, two packs of smokes and a few lottery tickets. It was hard for me to believe they could use their taxpayer-funded EBT card to buy that stuff; I thought it is just to help truly needy families buy food. So I checked with another local store owner who tells me EBT cash is a major income stream for him; selling beer, wine, smokes, lottery tickets etc.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2012
Slow down on truck route in Oakland for safety
The new truck route in Oakland is County Road. Heavy dump trucks and 18-wheelers cruise this road all the time. The speed limit is 40 mph and speeders love this road.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2012
Liberal arts education is way for students to go
As a recent graduate of a liberal arts college, I was pleased to see professor Joseph Reisert's recent column "Liberal arts professors challenged to show value of their disciplines" because it highlights a growing problem facing academia. Due to higher costs, students are rightfully looking for a better return on their investment. However, the modern liberal education faces a deeper problem: It lacks moral seriousness.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2012
Winter is reason enough to celebrate
The season itself is the reason for the season.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2012
Changes needed insupport for mentally ill
I think a reasonable analogy for police interventions in mental illness cases would be safety barriers and cars. When we need them to stop something, the situation is bad, and someone is probably going to get hurt. The time for the actions that gave a better chance for a good outcome have passed. The institutions mentioned in the article as not being more critical of police actions are no doubt aware of this, as they are aware that prevention and treatment would require changes in how support for the mentally ill is provided and funded. I'm not sure the will and resources to do this are available.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2012
How do we all stop a nut from getting a gun?
Bill Nemitz has 20 questions for the NRA, but why?
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PublishedDecember 29, 2012
Changes are needed in support for mentally ill
I think a reasonable analogy for police interventions in mental illness cases would be safety barriers and cars.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2012
Republicans shouldn’t cut Medicare, raise age
Why do Republicans hate elderly Americans, at least those who aren't millionaires? Republicans in Congress want to make life harder for our elderly by attacking Social Security and Medicare.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2012
Watch handicap card placement in car
Just a word of caution. People who drive around with their blue handicap cards hanging from their rearview mirror can be pulled over and given a ticket for obstruction of view. I have read this in the court section of the paper; people are paying fines.
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