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The Next Wave of Success

Vern Turner - October 29, 2015 0

BY VERN TURNER Sometimes there is a confluence of similar topics from different sources that makes the writer feel that it is time to make...

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Cities Losing People, Not Brains

Froma Harrop - October 29, 2015 0

BY FROMA HARROP The population of New Orleans fell 7.3 percent after Hurricane Katrina, but guess what. NOLA now has 40,000 more college graduates than before the disaster. From 2000 to 2013, Detroit lost over 160,000 residents but amazingly added nearly 167,000 college graduates. It’s an urban myth that population loss and brain drain go […]

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Clinton Plays the Gender Card

Susan Estrich - October 28, 2015 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH Here’s the setup. Hillary Clinton has been pointing out that her opponent Bernie Sanders, the darling of the left, has actually opposed gun control. I’ve been pointing that same fact out to folks for some time, and it’s quite compelling. It’s clearly had an effect on polls. It’s apparent that Sen. Sanders […]

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How Much “Free Speech” Can You Buy?

Jim Hightower - October 28, 2015 0

BY JIM HIGHTOWER In today’s so-called “democratic” election process, Big Money doesn’t talk, it roars — usually drowning out the people’s voice. Bizarrely, the Supreme Court decreed in its 2010 Citizens United ruling that money is a form of “free speech.” Thus, declared the learned justices, people and corporations are henceforth allowed to spend unlimited […]

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Conservatives Taking Hunters For Granted

Froma Harrop - October 27, 2015 0

BY FROMA HARROP The Durfee Hills contain some of the finest elk hunting grounds in Montana. Some 2,700 acres of this majestic country is open to sportsmen, courtesy of the land’s owner, the United States government. But “no trespassing” signs could sprout if two rich Texans succeed in persuading the federal government to give them […]