Facts favor Ballard
As a college student who places a high priority on doing my homework, I take exception to Jake Bonifield’s one-sided column “Ballard and Kennedy’s Striking Contrasts” [Aug. 22 Forefront].
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POULAKIDAS: Raise demands for city-county councilors
Why is not our expectation that councilors come up with original ideas and solutions to the daily problems our communities face so we know they are qualified?
WALTZ: It’s past time for Congress to kill Quill
It is important to remember that online sales taxes would not be a new tax. Sales taxes are currently owed on every retail purchase made over the Internet—they’re just not being paid.
KENNEDY: Tears at a wedding that should have been
Although it was otherwise indistinguishable from other Christian wedding ceremonies I’ve attended, my friend and his life partner walked out of church still strangers in the eyes of the law.
SKARBECK: Money-market funds have big risk, little reward
In this environment of near-zero short-term interest rates, money-market fund operators have to work very hard just to earn a few bucks on the substantial sums of money entrusted to them.
HICKS: A solemn reminder of the value of shared sacrifice
On this anniversary of 9/11, I think we would do well to acknowledge that we have relinquished too little of ourselves in the years since the attacks.
MEREDITH: Design districts with both students and the community in mind
The entire school culture would be developed to improve expectations and accountability for both its students and community.
HARRIS: A better structure would let standout schools emerge
Urban school systems across the country are in crisis, but some individual urban schools are thriving.
BRUNI: Perry, Obama dumb in their own ways
Instead of talking about how smart politicians are or aren’t, we should have an infinitely more useful, meaningful conversation about whether we share and respect their values and whether they have shown themselves to be effective.
DOWD: Obama presidency might be one and done
The days of spinning illusions in a Greek temple in a football stadium are done.
EARLY: Why Perry should, and will, trounce Obama
Because of a fair regulatory climate, in the last two years there has been an influx of companies moving to Texas. In fact, in the last two years, approximately half of America’s new jobs are in Texas.
BLOW: Our child crisis demands political vision
We have a growing crisis among the nation’s children, yet our policies ignore that reality at best and exacerbate it at worst.
DOUTHAT: Changes aside, we’re still in the 9/11 era
Our approach to the world was fundamentally altered by 9/11, and nothing that’s happened since has undone that transformation.
SOWELL: Attitudes and actions have consequences
The disparities within the black community are huge, both in behavior and in outcomes.
STOSSEL: New rule will conserve oil but cost lives
Imagine that—a government safety agency promotes a rule that kills people.
CAMPBELL: Local elections should get more respect
I can’t escape stories on Nancy Pelosi, Sarah Palin or Donald Trump, but have to scour the Web to find a few words about Joanne Sanders, Ryan Vaughn or Ed Coleman.
VAUGHN: No reason to restrict satellite voting centers
Satellite early voting is a no-brainer and it’s a shame Republicans are hiding behind security and fiscal red herrings, since their concern is purely political; they simply believe early voting helps Democrats.
WINSTON: Put Madam Walker on the Cultural Trail
We don’t need a statue of a slave to remind us of our history.
KETZENBERGER: Driving into the past to find the future
It’s a timely reminder to ignore those who would rather hunker down, avoid risk and ride out the economic storm.
WOUDENBERG: Hands off my health savings account
Unfortunately, Obama’s solution for uninsured young people, rather than to educate and promote this great option, is to use that fact to justify imposing federal health insurance on everyone and to penalize those who don’t buy into the federal program.