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More fuel for the protesters: profiteering on health care
From what corner of hell did the obscene idea arise that providing health care for humans ought to be a profit-making enterprise?
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Presumptuous prohibitionist: Ken Burns ignores drugs
Public TV's documentary historian refuses to see the connections between yesteryear's prohibition and today's drug war. It's particularly strange for someone who otherwise sees so much about race in America.
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Technology is creating virtual universities. Discuss.
"Time is the Enemy" for a new generation of students, according to a recent report about how people are consuming higher education and drifting away from traditional colleges. If the ivied halls become too expensive or too inconvenient, how will they adapt?
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Bellingham coal port plan trips over new objections
A string of minor troubles may be snowballing into a large opportunity for opponents.
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Comeback time for the flat tax?
Given some progressive tweaks, this tax might be the formula for solving the impasse in Congress and Olympia.