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Does Unequal Mean Unfair

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
If you and I have different incomes, is that unfair? Strange as it may seem, the chattering class is full of people who think equality and fairness are the same thing. Conversely, they assume that inequality of income is unfairness, per se.2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZJohn C. Goodman
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Paper, Plastic or Cloth: Which Bag is Best for the Environment?

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
If only those anti-plastic bag advocates cared more about the environment. 2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZPolitical Calculations
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The Obama Gaffe Machine Keeps Rolling

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
Obama says the rest of us ran up the tab. Sure. Who’s writing this material? Steve Martin? Because: Excuuuuuuse me. 2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZJohn Ransom
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Bishops Stand Together, As Should We

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
"We will not fail," Archbishop William Lori declared at the quarterly meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Atlanta on June 13.2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZKathryn Lopez
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Clarifying Oil in Parachute Colorado

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
According to E&E Times, last week, the House killed funding for oil shale research in the 2013 energy and water spending bill. Had the funding been left in place 25 million dollars would have been allocated for oil shale R&D. It was a close vote, 208 to 207, but the funding was eliminated. 2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZLincoln Brown
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Assuming the Future

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
We laugh at the break-up of the word and vow it will never happen to us. However, in the U.S., the word “assume” has a much broader meaning which is to “take for granted.” 2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZBill Tatro
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Republicans Nullifying Conservatives II

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
My home state of Iowa was one of several in 2010 that swept out of office an ineffective liberal Democrat (apologies for the redundancy) and replaced him with a Republican.2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZSteve Deace
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'Dark Angel' and the Mexican Meth Connection

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
The group appears to have used legitimate companies to transport methamphetamine from California to the Denver area and elsewhere in the Western and Midwestern United States. The group then sent the profits back to California, where the cash was wired to banks in China and the Cayman Islands. 2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZStewart Scott
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The W-2 and You

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
If another person is paid less than you, you will have to live with their jealousy and envy, not to mention the fear that the boss has been grooming a lower-cost, harder-working person to replace you.2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZBob Goldman
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Military Still Rules in Egypt

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
The NightWatch position since the overthrow of Mubarak has been that no revolution occurred in Egypt. Mubarak was overthrown in a military coup, led by Mubarak's Defense Minister Field Marshal Tantawi, over Mubarak's insistence that his son succeed him as president.2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZNight Watch
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Gold Traders Bullish

TownHall.com - Columns - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
Commodities were generally trading higher tyesterday morning, despite overnight gains by the dollar against the euro. Silver, gold, crude oil and copper are all to the upside this morning while platinum and palladium are trading flat to slightly down. 2012-06-16T00:01:00-04:002012-06-17T01:10:05ZChris Poindexter
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Baghdad car bombings target Shia

BBC - News - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
Two separate car bomb attacks targeting Shia Muslim pilgrims in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, have killed at least 32 people, officials say.
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In Iraq, car bomb kills 10 on Shiite pilgrimage

AP - World News - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi police say a car bomb has hit a major Shiite pilgrimage, killing 10 people on the last day of the commemorations for a revered imam....

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....

Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - U.S. News - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....
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Obama calls on lawmakers to end gridlock

AP - Politics - Mon, 2025-04-21 14:20
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to end partisan gridlock and pass proposals he says would put Americans back to work....
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