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Community colleges and two unhealthy national trends
Commentary, Nation World
John M. Crisp, McClatchy-Tribune News Service 
Oct 20, 2014
Consider these two current national trends: the exploding cost of going to college and the widening American wealth and income gap. Now consider the p...
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Many insured struggle with medical bills
Commentary, Nation World
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Jennifer Agiesta, Associated Press 
Oct 15, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — They have health insurance, but still no peace of mind. Overall, 1 in 4 privately insured adults say they doubt they could pay for a...
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The rise of unretirement
Commentary, Nation World
Chris Farrell 
Oct 15, 2014
We are living longer, something to celebrate. The average life expectancy was about 62 years in 1935 when President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Soci...
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Cuomo’s tough decisions delayed past Election Day
Commentary, New York, New York State
DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press 
Oct 13, 2014
ALBANY (AP) — A hotly anticipated decision on fracking won't come before New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo stands for re-election. Same for an announcement o...
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RTW: Hoping N. Union project doesn’t result in hassles
Commentary, Readers Turn To Write
PETER MARCUS, Special to the Olean Times Herald 
Oct 13, 2014
A few days ago I had lunch with a high-ranking official with the New York State Department of Transportation. We discussed the North Union Street proj...
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What becomes of North Korea after Kim Jong Un?
Commentary, Nation World
Bruce Klingner 
Oct 13, 2014
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has not been seen in public for more than a month, generating speculation that his absence is due to failing health or...
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Officials: Strikes on terror cell don’t stop plots
Commentary, Nation World
KEN DILANIAN, AP Intelligence Writer 
Oct 10, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles aimed at a cell of al-Qaida militants in Syria last month failed to stop ongoing terror plots to...
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Rand Paul vs. current assaults on monstrous ISIS
Commentary, Nation World
NAT HENTOFF 
Oct 10, 2014
On Sept. 18, Rand Paul’s foreign policy address to the Senate ended with: “ISIS is now a threat. Let’s get on with destroying them” (“Remarks Prepared...
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Even an Ozarks coroner gets surplus military guns
Commentary, Nation World
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press 
Oct 07, 2014
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Doug Wortham used a Defense Department giveaway program for law enforcement to stock his office with an assault rifle, a handg...
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How to reform the Supreme Court
Commentary, Nation World
Erwin Chemerinsky 
Oct 07, 2014
As a constitutional law professor, I have mixed feelings about the first Monday in October. On the one hand, I look forward to the start of the new Su...
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Boats against the current of an uncaring world
Commentary, Nation World
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Oct 07, 2014
“Caring and sharing": Believe it or not, that was the gist of a press day in the nation’s capital this past week. A group of Catholics, most who proba...
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