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Understanding Asperger's
By JEFF WHITE December 18, 2012, 08:39 PMOur biggest dream is to be useful and to be just like everyone else.
Almost everyone is lying about tax reform
By Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg News December 18, 2012, 01:26 PMDespite what people say, it would be either undesirable or politically impossible to reduce the largest loopholes in the tax code.
Don't blame autism for Newtown massacre
By PRISCILLA GILMAN, New York Times December 18, 2012, 10:39 AMWe can’t let the tragedy further stigmatize children with neurodevelopment disorders.
After the gunfire, 'Silent Night'
By SUSAN HOGAN, Star Tribune December 17, 2012, 10:00 PMIn times of terrible grief, so often it's music that binds people together and provides solace to their deepest hurts.
Tragedy underscores need to teach empathy
By LUKE MILLER December 17, 2012, 08:29 PMFor 30 years, we've taught children to care foremost about themselves. That was a mistake.
Violence is America's national drug
By JOSEPH MORIARITY December 17, 2012, 08:22 PMWe live in a country permeated by violence -- and we badly need to admit this to ourselves.
Progress happens when you aren't looking
By VIRGINIA POSTREL, Bloomberg News December 17, 2012, 07:48 PMInnovation is happening, but not in the places you might expect.
Get a flu shot, or get fired
By EDITORIAL, Chicago Tribune December 17, 2012, 01:29 PMA Chicago-area critical care nurse may lose her job for refusing to get a flu shot.
Gun control lessons from Lyndon Johnson
By Joseph A. Califano Jr., Special to the Washington Post December 17, 2012, 11:52 AMObama should demand action on comprehensive gun control immediately.
Israel and Switzerland aren't gun-toting utopias
By Washington Post December 17, 2012, 12:32 PMJanet Rosenbaum, who's studied gun laws in Israel and Switzerland, busts the "widespread misunderstanding that the two countries promote gun ownership."
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