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Should poor be able to use food stamps on naked M&M's?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFigured I'd combine two topics into one for a mishmash Monday morning post: Super Bowl ads and proposed bills in the Florida Legislature that would bar the poor from using food stamps for junk food like candy, soda and potato......Tags: Eminem, Regis Philbin, Football, Super Bowl, Clint Eastwood
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Low teacher pay leads to mediocre teachers
Old sayings are clichés, but they're oft repeated for the simple reason that they're usually true. Snooty writers such as columnists avoid that shorthand method of communicating an idea — obviously it's beneath our keen mental capacity — but...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Nursing Homes
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Anthony House worthy of financial help from public to keep serving homeless
The quintessential drunk with a graying beard drooling in his sleep on a park bench is still out there. But the face of the homeless in Lake County has taken a dramatic turn. Think: Single dad raising two preschoolers. Or Mom and three kids, ages 7, 6...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Human Interest, Substance Abuse, Social Issues
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Why is the Pentagon exempted from scrutiny?
The most common complaint from people who email me about my columns is that the federal government is horrible: Too big and growing too fast, too corrupt and wasteful, and providing too many benefits to too many Americans. If we just shrink the...Tags: Defense, Career and Workplace, Corporate Crime, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Government
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Don't believe media: Sequester already causing real pain
Regular readers of this column have heard me say it before, but I'll say it again: I'm often embarrassed by the questions my colleagues ask at White House briefings. This week was no exception. Among reporters inside the Beltway, the latest narrative,...
Tags: Palm Beach County, The Huffington Post, Air Transportation Industry, Government Debt, Federal Aviation Administration
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Does Congress have the heart to avert disability crisis?
Bonnie Lee worked for 12 years as a health technician for Kaiser Permanente in Southern California, started her own Web services company, and raised two kids as a single mother in Ontario. Then Bonnie, 51, moved back East to rural Pennsylvania and...
Tags: The Boston Globe, Career and Workplace, University of Maryland, College Park, Radio, Interior Policy
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Let's get on board with paid leave
We are living in the Golden Age of hypocrisy. There's an obesity epidemic, and we're baking hot dogs into pizza crusts. People spend tens of thousands of dollars on off-road vehicles that will never see a drop of mud. And we all seem to agree on the...
Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Rex Huppke, Economy, Business and Finance, Insurance, Finance
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On student loans, Hugo Chavez and Joe Flacco's taxes
Remember when President Barack Obama stuck a federal takeover of the student loan program into the "Affordable Care Act," AKA "Obamacare"? The dirty deed was accompanied by a promise that federal control would save taxpayer money and cut off all the...
Tags: Consumers, Joe Flacco, Jacksonville Jaguars, National Football League, Students
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50 years of Chicago's WVON: A Chicago voice that echoes nationwide
In the volatile world of radio, almost nothing lasts half a century. But a great Chicago radio station — WVON-AM 1690 — has managed the feat: The institution marks its 50th anniversary Monday and celebrates with a concert featuring Toni...
Tags: Roland Burris, Toni Braxton, Radio, Arbitron Incorporated, Elections
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MarksJarvis: Stock market's rocky ride may not be over yet
Individuals who decided to close their eyes and try to ignore the excruciating losses in 401(k)s and other investments in 2008 and 2009 have to be feeling relieved now. The Standard & Poor's 500 — or the index that is frequently called the...
Tags: Consumers, Fannie Mae, Philosophy, Stock Market, Religion and Belief
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The unmasking of Paul Ryan and his budget
Quick! Somebody tell President Obama. Alert the members of Congress. Shout it out to the media: I have balanced the budget! That's right. Me. Bill Press, talk show host. I did it. I can't balance my own checkbook, but I balanced the federal budget. In...
Tags: Republican Party, Jay Carney, Government, Health Insurance Cost, Government Health Care
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Ryan budget: shooting blanks
WASHINGTON -- Paul Ryan's budget is an amazing and wondrous document. Not only does it balance the budget in 10 years while reducing tax rates, it also does so without any pain or suffering -- or even breaking a sweat. It achieves not just the...
Tags: Republican Party, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Taxation, CBS Corp.
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