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Standard & Poor's poor show
Sorting through the blame game on the morning after Black Monday. The reaction has been an over-reaction, which is standard when emotion rules the markets.
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Education reform: the whole child left behind
Too much of our focus on education reform misses a point: children aren't numbers. And the first step in dealing with the dropout issue is to connect with them.
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Congressional 'March of Folly' will make our problems worse
The emphasis on cutting will only aggravate a contraction in which falling stock prices further reduce government revenue.
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Should government get out of the marriage business?
Rob McKenna has an interesting idea for defusing the gay-marriage debate, but he doesn’t seem to want to talk about it.
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Obama's setting sun
His aloof style and halting leadership are costing him friends and allies at a critical time for the nation's economy and for his political fortunes. A report from D.C.