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What a difference a year can bring
By Zack Smith | Apr. 17, 2011What a difference a year can bring.
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Government crisis averted for now
By Zack Smith | Apr. 10, 2011It was 11:59 p.m., and only one minute remained until the U.S. federal government was set to shut down.
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American exceptionalism exceptional
By Zack Smith | Apr. 3, 2011Over the past few weeks, the concept of “American exceptionalism” has dominated the airwaves.
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Florida, other states should elect judges
By Zack Smith | Mar. 27, 2011It’s a basic tenant of American society that public-policy makers are held accountable for their decisions by an informed electorate.
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Critical analysis of evolution needed
By Zack Smith | Mar. 20, 2011Nearly everyone agrees that critical thinking is a skill essential for children to develop as early as possible.
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Freedom, fairness support traditional marriage
By Zack Smith | Mar. 13, 2011Freedom and fairness are two of the bedrock principles upon which our nation was founded. As such, they provide potent pressure against any who appear to disfavor them.
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Planned Parenthood’s funds need trim
By Zack Smith | Feb. 27, 2011That name inevitably evokes a knee-jerk reaction from all who hear it. For some, it is an organization providing needed health services to men and women, while to others it is a force perpetuating one of the greatest moral crises of our time.
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Quiet de-funding presidential elections
By Zack Smith | Feb. 20, 2011With Big Bird facing extinction, the federal government on the verge of a shutdown and protests rocking the Middle East as well as our own state capitols, a hallmark of our electoral system for the past quarter of a century was quietly slated for the death chamber.
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Boycott hurts conservative movement
By Zack Smith | Feb. 13, 2011It may be “the economy, stupid,” but this weekend, the first shots were fired in the looming civil war among members of the GOP.
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Teachers’ unions need schooling
By Zack Smith | Feb. 6, 2011Teachers are one of America’s most valuable resources. Unfortunately, many believe this resource has been diluted with impurities and imperfections to such an extent that the profession is often derided as one for the least among us.
