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Have a hearth? Get a screen
By Editorial, Scripps Howard News Service December 26, 2012, 08:37 PMMore than 2,000 children age 5 and younger were injured over a recent 10-year period after coming into contact with gas fireplaces.
The great public union divide
By AMITY SHLAES, Bloomberg News December 26, 2012, 08:30 PMNot just safety is compromised. So is equity for newer workers.
A road map for prosperity in Minnesota
By RYAN WINKLER December 26, 2012, 08:16 PMWill our economy give everyone a chance to get ahead?
Get antibiotics off the farm and out of the food supply
By Jane Black, Special to the Washington Post December 26, 2012, 07:46 PMThe problem is that antibiotic overuse breeds drug-resistant superbugs that can move from animals to people in numerous ways, including via the meat we eat.
Mass murders, male violence
By REKHA BASU, Des Moines Register December 26, 2012, 01:26 PMIt's primarily young men committing these horrific crimes. Why can't we talk about this?
A man too good not to be tangible
By DAVID MCGRATH December 23, 2012, 05:33 PMAnother Christmas upon us, and I'm thinking how life is a meteor -- fast and never again.
Four political lessons of 2012
By Eliot Spitzer, Slate December 26, 2012, 09:53 AMWe should embrace the good and leave the rest behind.
If Boehner falls, Huntsman is best for House Speaker
By Norman J. Ornstein, Special to the Washington Post December 26, 2012, 09:48 AMThe Constitution does not say that the speaker of the House has to be a member of the House. Jon Huntsman would look beyond party and provide a different kind of leadership.
The model for Obama? Woodrow Wilson -- alas.
By CHUCK CHALBERG December 25, 2012, 05:05 PMBeyond the Ivy League pedigree and 'Progressive' tendency, there's the likely second-term shift to foreign affairs.
Yes, you can go home again
By DEAN NELSON December 25, 2012, 05:08 PMYou just have to bring your memories into the present, as a Blake reunion shows.
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