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What if all every school senior had to write a surprise essay and have it posted on the internet for all the world to read -- and to judge whether the school had prepared its students to go on to college or work?
Columnist Mike Guzy looks at the lessons he learned from being forced to see "The Music Man" as an early adolescent and applies them to the war in Iraq. Did George Bush pull a Harold Hill on the country?
As part of preparing a family for adoption, parents who are adopting a
child across race need to have thought about race as a construct that
influences how society perceives people.
Since Cain slew Abel, murderers have added guns, and money and sex have replaced envy as motives. Columnist Mike Guzy says mix in homes in which the family has collapsed and the death toll increases.
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John McCain should resist temptation and not select Joe Lieberman as his running mate. | Robert Novak, townhall.com
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Beacon Columnists
Are college presidents who are proposing a national discussion of lowering the drinking age slackers or realists? Do fatality numbers so a correlation between a lower drinking age and more deaths or are other factors at play. M.W. Guzy puts the issue in perspective.
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In the News
Just a small difference in productivity and tax rates can make a big difference in just a few years. Is the lack of an income tax the main reason Tennessee has pulled ahead of Missouri in per capita gross state product? Joseph Haslag of the Show-Me Institute outlines the case.
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Editorial Cartoons
Nothing like a convention to sharpen the pencils of editorial cartoonists. From the contrast between Biden and Obama to the steadfastness of Hillary Clinton suports, Mike Thompson, Scott Stantis, John Sherffius, Gary Markstein and Chris Britt have plenty to say.
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Who's the leader of the club that sues for excess use?
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