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• Report: Students don't know much about US history

  Tue Jun 14, 2011
  • I have to say that I never got a full view of American history until I went to college. The type of historical education from elementary through high school is nothing but sound bites from history, usually whitewashed to promote "truth, justice, and the American way".

• Big business leaders upbeat as owners of smaller firms worry

  Tue Jun 14, 2011
  • Peter - I live in Vegas too. What Obama said was that it was unwise for Americans to purchase Vegas vacations and not spend the money on necessities like rent and food. I agree with him. We have marketed ourselves and a playground for idiots.

• Big business leaders upbeat as owners of smaller firms worry

  Tue Jun 14, 2011
  •  Of course the big corps are making money.  They ship overseas and many of them are molopolies with "mandatory" charges forced on all Americans.  The smaller business with discretionary products are finding that the American people don't have the funds for anything other than basic …

• Should businesses offer paid sick days to workers?

  Fri Jun 3, 2011
  • I'm immune system compromised. If you come to work sick, I go home. Period. End of story. Your unworkable feudal workplace (come to work or be penalized) is not worth my life.

• Should businesses offer paid sick days to workers?

  Fri Jun 3, 2011
  • Family values nation? I think not. Our real values show up in these issues. Right now our values are "The hell with you and your family.

• Cancer costs put treatments out of reach for many

  Mon Jun 6, 2011
  • The insurance industry and the pharmaceutical companies don't give a damn if you live or die or what disease you have. They want your money. Period. End of story.

• In Florida, Pawlenty calls for entitlement reform

  Tue May 24, 2011
  • I agree. All politicians ought to lose their cadillac healthcare plans and their retirement. Their salaries need to be cut down to reasonable size. No more expense accounts. These entitlement plans need to be cut immediately.

• Hospital patients more likely to die on weekends

  Fri May 20, 2011
  • I live in Vegas and that's especially true if you live here. Medical care here is a joke.

• Hospital patients more likely to die on weekends

  Fri May 20, 2011
  • Any time you enter a hospital, you are more likely to die than if you stayed out.

• Worst seems over at one flood front line — but not the other

  Thu May 19, 2011
  • Texas is also attempting to cut the very organizations that address their wildfires.