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Slow it down, ICANN

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

The following editorial appeared in Monday�s Washington Post.

School choice must address the 5 percent

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

Pennsylvania has a simple choice to make. We can embrace change and welcome educational reform or we can choose to satisfy ourselves with the tired old policies of the past…

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Running-mate roulette a game of chance

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

The Wall Street Journal, normally no admirer of President Barack Obama, nevertheless is proffering some advice for the embattled president. Drop Joe Biden from the 2012 ticket and replace him…

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Ram Centre a community investment

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

The Penns Valley Ram Community Centre capital campaign is off to a great start. As the campaign committee continues with its work, the board and administration thought it might be…

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Big money spins major college cocoon

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

Today�s major colleges essentially are de facto corporate-industrial complexes, based solely on their No. 1 sports team on campus.

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The fall of the House of Paterno

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

In the most famous passage of �The Aeneid,� Joe Paterno�s favorite book, its venerable hero Aeneas surveys the hopelessness of his situation and pauses to consider his options.

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Child sex abuse bill wrongheaded

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday.

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Tax-free charitable giving deadline looms

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

Earlier this year I wrote to alert folks to the congressional reinstatement of the right during 2011 to make contributions to charity from individual IRA accounts. Today I write to…

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Legislators need dose of reality

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

Pennsylvania legislators and the governor just allowed themselves to get a 3 percent pay increase. It�s automatic, designed so that they don�t have to vote for it.

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Gadgets diminish attention to real life

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

A young woman pointed to the seat next to mine on a recent flight, prompting me to stand in the aisle so she could move in.

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Parents: Children still need vaccines

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

The following editorial appeared recently in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Team effort targeting concussions

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

Heightened awareness of sports-related concussions and a growing concern of the long-term effects of the injury have recently come to the forefront. This injury is seen at all levels of…

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Parties needs to recognize reality

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

In my formative years, I was a regular reader of the comic strip �Bloom County,� which spawned Opus the Penguin, a hapless microcosm of the American middle class.

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The only nerve protesters have struck is the gag reflex

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

The media have gone to great lengths to convince us that Occupy Wall Street protesters are just like the rest of us. One columnist, for example, tells us they�ve �struck…

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Protesters reflect vast majority on 99 percent of major issues

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:01 EST

The Occupy Wall Street movement that has spread to scores of cities claims to represent �the 99 percent.� Does it?

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Dismantle Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:01 EST

The following editorial appeared in the Kansas City Star on Friday.

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Winner-loser systems breed stress and denial

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:01 EST

According to the Mayan calendar, our civilization starts to end in 2012. For me the collapse started the day I read that Penn State football coach Joe Paterno may have…

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Vouchers are path to education salvation

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:01 EST

I am a product of both public and private education systems. I attended a parochial Catholic school through eighth grade and attended a public high school prior to attending Penn…

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Get informed about helping survivors

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:01 EST

As we cope with the crisis that churns around us, I would like to remind everyone that there are multiple systems in place to help individuals, families and organizations manage…

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Shameful job from debt panel

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:01 EST

The following editorial appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer last week.

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