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Car Promises That Weren't Kept
KickingTiresEver wonder what happened to events in the auto industry that were supposed to occur but didn't? You might have seen a news story on a site like ours of a promise by an automaker that sounded legitimate with lots......Tags: Consumers, Vehicles, Hybrid Vehicles, Mercedes-Benz, SUVs and Crossovers
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Upcoming Parenting Conference At The JCC
The Mandell JCC of Greater Hartford is hosting it's 5th Annual Parenting Conference on March 17th from 9:30am to 12:00pm. The talk will feature best-selling author Dr. Madeline Levine, who wrote, "Teach Your Children Well: Parenting for Authentic...
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A power to act on warming
WASHINGTON -- The test of President Obama's seriousness about addressing climate change is not his pending decision on the much-debated Keystone XL pipeline. It's whether he effectively consigns coal-fired power plants -- one of the biggest sources of...
Tags: Elections, White House, Environmental Politics, Metal and Mineral, Global Change
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How the welfare state has grown — and sapped America's economy and culture
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." — Thomas Jefferson My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...
Tags: Sociology, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Government Health Care, Elections
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The minimum wage and economic reality
President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress want to raise the minimum wage to improve the lot of the working poor. But they've got the wrong idea. The problem is not that these workers earn so little; it's that the things they buy cost so much. I...
Tags: Productivity, Steve Chapman, Manhattan (New York City), Crime, Law and Justice, Paul Krugman
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Gator alums' political clout has waned in recent years
Chances are you haven't heard of Christina Bonarrigo or Johnny Castillo. A couple decades ago I could have almost guaranteed you'd know at least one of them some day. That's how certain the pathway was from student politics at the University of...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Gainesville, Bob Graham, Charlie Crist, Executive Branch
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Marco Rubio vies for the Republican soul
Maybe, in a rare exception, being on the cover of Time won't be a jinx. Just before giving his party's official response to the State of the Union address — equal to the cover of Time as a jinxed opportunity — Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida...Tags: United Nations, Chuck Hagel, Elections, 2012 Democratic National Convention, White House
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Guillermo Martinez: Dictators, elected strongmen, still rule in Latin America
As a young man, I realized that in Latin America many of the governments in the hemisphere were ruled by dictators, generals or, as they were known back then, caudillos. Venezuela was governed by Gen. Marcos Pérez Jiménez, Perú by Gen. Manuel Odría;...Tags: Univision (tv network), Dominican Republic, Fulgencio Batista, Chile, Barack Obama
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Modernization everywhere but we cling to our old ideas
Last week, Republicans chose fresh-faced, boy-next-door Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, to respond to President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address. Pope Benedict XVI resigned at 86 -- the first Pope to quit since 1415 -- and an asteroid passed within 17,...Tags: Benedict XVI, Lake Worth, Parties and Movements, Belief and Faith, Politics
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From the Right: Let Americans star making America better
If you were one of the 33 million Americans that watched at least part of the State of the Union address, you were unlikely to have been surprised at what you heard. The speech was all that we have come to expect of this president. More flowery words,...
Tags: Solyndra LLC, Robin Hood, Science and Technology
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Early childhood education pays off for businesses
When President Obama talked in his State of the Union speech about the importance of early childhood education, he offered my cue to complete the last in a series of columns. It began with a column about The Infant, Toddler and Family Center of the...
Tags: Business, Abusive Behavior, Head Start, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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From pride to disillusionment: a black leader sours on Obama
I can hear 'em now. "He's a good guy"; "He's a family man"; "He'll govern like a moderate"; "It will be so good for the country"; "He's post-partisan." That the election of a mixed-race candidate for president sent positive messages about America around...
Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., U.S. Department of State, George Washington, Elections, Juvenile Delinquency
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