Rusthoven wrong on pension claim
Peter Rusthoven’s [Aug. 22] column about raising the federal debt limit included a major error worthy of a retraction and an apology.
Peter Rusthoven’s [Aug. 22] column about raising the federal debt limit included a major error worthy of a retraction and an apology.
More than half of all businesses are owned by baby boomers and, while they may be working past age 65, eventually they will retire.
We should decriminalize, tax and regulate marijuana, and focus on treatment and prevention for those with genuine addictions.
Let’s try and leave some mad money in the budget.
Armies of people find themselves lingering on the sidelines.
Exchange rates are determined, at least in theory, by purchasing power parity.
In too many places, government does things the private sector does better and cheaper.
I believe flexible and convenient voting options encourage voter participation, which stimulates turnout.
Satellite voting, a type of “convenience voting,” does not enhance citizen participation and might actually hurt voter turnout.
What Texas shows is that a state offering cheap labor and, less important, weak regulation can attract jobs from other states.
We are witnessing antics from neophyte legislators who prefer symbolism over responsible governance.
It is time we start to look at these issues as a whole: Broken families are costing us dearly in both dollars and struggling lives.
It is easy to focus on the scandals and the politicians who fall gracelessly from grace. But for every one of them, the ones we’d like to forget, there is a Richard Lugar or an Andy Jacobs whose service to this country we should never forget.
Is that our position? Stand there confident that the inscrutable workings of a free market will restore our failing towns? Pretty much.
In these 30-some pages of advertising, there are photographs of 30 different individuals. Not one is African-American.
It might take a big chunk of the 21st century for the state to catch up to the 21st century.
Yes, for me this is personal. My father, Woodrow Sr., died of lung cancer caused by cigarettes. So did his brother Rufus. So did his brother Alphonso. So did his brother Joseph.
Indeed, an astute governor who wants to push the boundaries of executive power can simply do so when legislators are looking the other way. While they are literally out of town.
Even with the money already sunk in new terrain, I-70/U.S. 41 is the superior option.
Citizens are only now waking up to the notion that vital services will be cut unless dramatic changes are made.