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The government's solution to every problem is to print more money. This irresponsible practice wil crash down on Americans one of these days. How would you manage if money were worthless?
With the Tour de France under way, it's a good time to ponder the "role-model" status given athletes. Consider the story of Jacques Anquetil, who won five tours, but whose personal life and training regiments were not what most moms would wish for their sons.
The New Yorker says it intended its cover as satire. But does it bear any responsibility for the impact it could have on those who don't get the joke?
Jesse Jackson's comments about Barack Obama demonstrate the difference of looking at issues through an institutional or individual lens. What is as troubling as the remarks is that idea that Jackson thought they weren't as bad because they were private. 
he ACLU arms citizens wih camcorders to record abusive police. The Supreme Court safeguards individuals' right to have guns. But former police detective M.W. Guzy says neither more camcorders or guns will lead to fewer deaths.
Columnist M.W. Guzy looks at an overview of the 2004 election and wonders how John Kerry lost. Exit polls, which are usually much more precise than pre-election polling, showed Kerry with a decent margin of victory in several states. But that margin evaporated when the vote totals were released.
People who protest the sale of Anheuser-Busch to InBev are like bewildered mourners who place teddy bears and helium
balloons at the sites of mass killings. Petitions are another well-intentioned, but
ultimately inane attempt to put a humane face on inhuman carnage.
Even worse than Big Brother, Big Mother has made an industry of saving people from themselves. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the campaign against environmental tobacco smoke, aka secondhand smoke. The science is much less scarey than the politicians.
Some individuals stress the progress we have yet to make -- pointing
out the continued examples of racism and other systems of oppression.
While other individuals want to highlight the progress we have made
thus far -- noting legal battles and the diversification of the middle
class. The former demands the latter “wake up and stop living in
denial.” While the latter is sick and tired of hearing the former
complain since “it’s a new day.” Why can’t we hold both concepts as valid reflections of our current reality?
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If protests about Tropic Thunder can make one person think instead of laugh when characters make fun of people with disabilities, they will have been worth it, according to a father whose son has autism.
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How much is show? How much is substance? How do you recognize spin? Does age matter? All the things you learned to think twice about when watching stylized ceremonies and twirling gymnasts will be useful as you observe the demonstrations and think about the hype.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch announced more cuts in content Monday, but is still covering politics aggressively. That's a good thing, Beacon contributing edtior Dick Weiss tells McGraw Milhaven on the McGraw Show on KTRS (550-AM).
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The Obama campaign claims that Ed Martin's anti-Obama group violates federal election law. Election law experts say that the group may violate the law, but that federal election authorities won't do anything about it until after the election.
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