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Post-secondary education in America

Post-secondary education in America

A college education used to be a distinct privilege and was universally recognized as a rare achievement that distinguished a person.

During the twentieth century this notion gradually dissolved. And then the U.S. baby boom generation glutted the job market with their degrees. This eventually led to the current status...

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Opinion et alia
Outside the Envelope

Outside the Envelope

Biden says gay marriage ‘inevitable’.

Is the executive and legislative branch using the military for social legislation it can’t otherwise achieve? The order by Judge Phillips in October made headlines about the controversial military policy of DADT. But the opinion was by and large moot.

The executive branch has more...

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Editorial
Use your illusion

Use your illusion

The Bible says there will be no peace in Israel on Earth until Jesus, the Messiah returns, the same could be said of the U.S. in the 21st century. The U.S. is indeed in a perpetual state of war. The cycles of peace and war leading up to and...

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Opinion et alia
Riding to a Polarized Sunset.

Riding to a Polarized Sunset.

One should recall the amount of political polarization that existed between the two major parties and those in the electorate in the ’92 campaign. The fact that both a Democratic or a Republican candidate can win any election under the right circumstances supports the notion that the two parties and...

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Opinion et alia
Just a mirage...the capture of bin Laden.

Just a mirage...the capture of bin Laden.

Yes, finally bin Laden was captured and killed. I can believe that part of the story….

The rest however, is something else.

First, a couple statements:

Up to now, almost or all, captures of bonafide Al Qaeda elements were the result of Pakistani intelligence “deliveries” or arrests. The rest of the miscreants were...

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Sarah Palin is reportedly on the outs with Roger Ailes

Sarah Palin is reportedly on the outs with Roger Ailes

She’s actually been on the outs with most people I think. [ yahoo ]

Palin does not have the political “legs” for a sustainable career at this. She may not even be too stupid to realize that she can’t go on much longer in the “legitimate” political arena. And is...

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Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war

The defector who convinced the White House that Iraq had a secret biological weapons programme has admitted for the first time that he lied about his story, then watched in shock as it was used to justify the war.

Not too many people care anymore about this. This story will die...

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Walk like an Egyptian.

When it comes to freedom in the 21st century.

Americans should take notes. The people continue to live, eat, and work. No catastrophe occurred after deposing a tyrant.

Now we will witness who really supports freedom for what it is, just freedom. There is no reason to exercise caution or concern....

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Iraq: The unnecessary war

And deaths of U.S. service members.

They did die in vain. As the truth leaks out over the next several years we will learn that the energy commission in 2000 forecasted a global decline in oil reserves. The most notable depletion was observed to occur in Saudi Arabia, long considered...

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Chrysler CEO apologizes for description of bailout...

Sergio Marchionne, speaking Friday during an automotive conference in San Francisco, called the interest rates a “thorn” in his side and said that refinancing the two loans would mean no longer having to explain the “shyster rates.”

While Sergio is credited with turning around Fiat into a top company he inherits...

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