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We've lost our balance on mental illness
By CHRISTINE FLOWERS, Philadelphia Daily News January 03, 2013, 07:16 PMUntil recently, the laws were weighted far too heavily against the afflicted. Now the laws swing too far the other way and crowded out other concerns.
We've given weight the wrong readout
By PAUL CAMPOS January 03, 2013, 07:21 PMOur current definition of "normal weight" makes absolutely no sense.
Can't ring the register on tax reform
By PAUL G. GUTTERMAN January 03, 2013, 07:23 PMCongress loves to talk about tax reform, but every major piece of legislation only makes our tax system more complicated
The hazardous Arctic: Regulators, Shell were unprepared
By EDITORIAL, Los Angeles Times January 03, 2013, 07:26 PMWe've learned some things about oil and safety since the Exxon Valdez.
Dr. Oz's miracle diet is nonsense
By Julia Belluz and Steven J. Hoffman, Slate January 02, 2013, 09:17 PMOz may be the most credentialed of celebrity health promoters, but lately, a lot of what he's has been saying is downright wrong.
My last day in Congress
By GARY ACKERMAN, New York Times January 03, 2013, 12:42 PMTwo months shy of 30 years in the House, I leave a chamber in which we challenge one another's legitimacy, not one another's ideas.
The war against soot
By EDITORIAL, Los Angeles Times January 03, 2013, 12:34 PMNew standards will save thousands of lives and reduce the nation's healthcare costs.
Gun lobby's influence is overstated
By HEATHER MARTENS January 02, 2013, 08:39 PMA full history shows building support for responsibility.
Now get back to work on that grand bargain
By CLIVE CROOK, Bloomberg News January 02, 2013, 08:45 PMThese phony crises solve nothing, but they do add up.
The U's failing grade for fiscal management
By CHARLES LANE, Washington Post January 02, 2013, 08:13 PMExhibit A on administrative bloat: The U.
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