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Spending cuts require care
Sat,12/07/24-2:00AM , 677 Reads
A couple of recent columns about federal spending show that, while there is inefficient use of taxpayer dollars that can be cut, Donald Trump’s disrupters must do this work with more care than they may realize.
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College football playoff nears
Fri,12/06/24-2:00AM , 603 Reads
Say this about the upcoming 12-team college football playoff: It’s a lot better to have the 13th-ranked team complaining instead of the fifth-ranked team.
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Hegseth’s delusion
Fri,12/06/24-2:00AM , 211 Reads
Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s unqualified choice to lead the U.S. Department of Defense, has a lot more issues than his apparent difficulty with maintaining sobriety.
He is, however, fooling himself — and anyone else who believes him — when he promises that if the Senate confirms his nomination, he will give up drinking.
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988 needs to be the next 911
Thu,12/05/24-2:00AM , 603 Reads
A persistent mental health myth in America is that suicide increases during the holiday season. It’s true that the change in seasons, particularly when days get shorter in the winter, can lead to spikes in depression. Also, Christmas tends to intensify or resurrect the feelings of sadness over loved ones who have died.
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