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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."
To save the oceans, should we zone them?
By Justin Moyer, Washington Post December 16, 2012, 05:44 PMHow much of the ocean should be declared off-limits to hooks, harpoons and oil wells?
Too much Christmas music
By GAIL MARIE STONE December 16, 2012, 06:47 PMI find it irreverent to hear Josh Groban sacredly sing "O Holy Night" while shopping for a toilet at Menards.
Cargill's work with palm oil is significant
By MIKE FERNANDEZ December 16, 2012, 06:34 PMTogether with farmers, the company has promoted sustainability.
Let wind subsidy elapse
By KIM CROCKETT and PETER NELSON December 16, 2012, 06:09 PMIt's not good for jobs, and the industry (and environment) can stand without it.
Another twist in the pipeline debate
By EDITORIAL, Los Angeles Times December 16, 2012, 05:56 PMAn obscure oil industry term that may soon be trending on your search engine as controversy deepens over the Keystone XL pipeline.
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