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PublishedJanuary 2, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Cameras should follow Supreme Court
For three days beginning March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court will set aside an extraordinary 51/2 hours for arguments on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law. Court watchers point out that this is the most time devoted to a single case since the 1960s, and a signal of the importance the court assigns to the case.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: A new starting point for the United States
Last year ended with a display of remarkable understatement.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2012
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: New FAA rules for pilot rest breaks raise the bar
The one thing every passenger rightly expects from an airline flight is a pilot who has had enough rest and break time to do the best job possible guiding the aircraft.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2012
OUR OPINION: Donn Fendler’s story has lessons for all
Seventy-three years ago, a Boy Scout from Rye, N.Y., got separated from his hiking group on Mount Katahdin.
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PublishedJanuary 1, 2012
OUR OPINION: Iowa, NH voters have no elite status this year
With only two days to go until the Iowa caucuses and a little more than a week until the New Hampshire primary, political junkies in the other 48 states are supposed to be consumed with jealousy.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2011
VIEW FROM ELSEWHERE: Romney’s secret money
Mitt Romney is zero for two when it comes to transparency in campaigning.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2011
OUR OPINION: More schooling means jobless learn new skills
At the end of World War II, returning servicemen avoided a glutted labor market by going to college in unprecedented numbers and acquired new skills. A few years later, the result was a cycle of sustained economic expansion and opportunity and the creation of a greatly expanded and durable middle class.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
Voting Rights Act of 1965 still has teeth, relevance
Next month the Supreme Court will consider a controversy over congressional redistricting in Texas that will highlight the importance of a crucial part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act: Section 5, which requires states and localities with a history of voting discrimination to "pre-clear" changes in their election practices with the Justice Department or a federal court. In 2009 the court declined to rule on the constitutionality of Section 5, but it could return to the issue. If the court is in any doubt about the continued need for it, members should read a recent speech by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
Don’t make heating problem worse
Just as cold weather struck the Northeast, the White House and Congress put people in danger by cutting low-income heating assistance.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2011
Discrimination in voting todaystill makes 1965 act necessary
Next month the Supreme Court will consider a controversy over congressional redistricting in Texas that will highlight the importance of a crucial part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act: Section 5, which requires states and localities with a history of voting discrimination to "pre-clear" changes in their election practices with the Justice Department or a federal court. In 2009 the court declined to rule on the constitutionality of Section 5, but it could return to the issue. If the court is in any doubt about the continued need for it, members should read a recent speech by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.
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