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How kids learn to hate real food
feature Thanks to ConAgra and its pals in Congress, our schoolkids’ right to feast on frozen pizza and fries has been protected, said Kristin Wartman at HuffingtonPost.com.
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Deporting parents to win votes
feature In the first half of this year, the Obama administration deported 46,000 parents with U.S.-born children, said Ruben Navarrette Jr. at the San Jose Mercury News.
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Stop coddling underworked professors
feature Most college professors are underworked and overpaid.
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Why Rubio isn’t a hero to Latinos
feature Latinos know that “the GOP’s rock star” supported Arizona’s harsh immigration law and opposed the DREAM act, said Ruben Navarrette Jr. at The Dallas Morning News.
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Viewpoint: Alan S. Blinder
feature From The Wall Street Journal: “Myth No. 1 is that the American people now demand deficit reduction as never before....
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Why scandal won’t sink Ron Paul
feature Paul’s ragtag coalition just wants to keep their “anti–drug war, anti-tax spokesman on the debate stage next to Mitt Romney,” said David Weigel at Slate.com.
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Teens who can’t be embarrassed
feature How do you shame a generation without shame? asked Meghan Daum at the Los Angeles Times.
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Why doctors refuse heroic medical care
feature Like most doctors, I have made it clear that when my time comes, “I will go gently into that good night,” said Ken Murray at The Wall Street Journal.
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Viewpoint: Joe Klein
feature From Time: “[Rick and Karen Santorum] have spent the past three years caring for their daughter Isabella, whose genetic defect...
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The GOP’s suicidal swing to the right
feature In recent years, the GOP’s best minds have stood mute while right-wing ideologues seized control of the party, said David Brooks at The New York Times.
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Viewpoint: Michael Gerson
feature From The Washington Post: “General Motors has announced the largest profits in its history. [Yet] both Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have stumped across Michigan...
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Exaggerating the China threat
feature Is the U.S. “locked in a deadly struggle with Beijing”? asked Steve Chapman at the Chicago Tribune.
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The drug problem we ignore
feature In our “censorious’’ public discussions about substance abuse, drinking often gets a pass, said Frank Bruni at The New York Times.
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Infidelity tells us little about leaders
feature Many of history’s greatest leaders cheated on their wives: Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, and Martin Luther King Jr., to name just three, said Victor Davis Hanson at NationalReview.com.
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