Op-ed
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Federal officials at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are currently considering whether to maintain patient access to crucial pain-relief treatments provided by Certified Registered Nurse …
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Janice Izlar
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10/11/12
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Right wing fiction writers are at it again. This time the target is Medicare.You will recall previous works including, “WMDs in Iraq; A Slam Dunk," “Record Temperatures and Droughts; …
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Charles Lawrence
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9/12/12
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31 views
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The grand lady of comedy, Phyllis Diller, passed away on Aug. 20 at age 95. Can’t you just see her, strutting through the Pearly Gates in a pink, knee-length dress, encrusted with blinding sequins, …
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Nick Thomas
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8/23/12
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Everyone agrees that America's high schools need to do a better job of preparing students to be "college- and career-ready." But the big problem is, how do we get them to do that?
One state has …
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John Chubb
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11/29/12
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32 views
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March 23 marked the second anniversary of the passage of the national health reform bill, also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Although Americans have already seen several of the legislations …
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Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts
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4/24/12
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Politicians in Washington continue to pick favorites when it comes to energy.At the bottom as least favorite are oil and natural gas companies, which have again come under fire by the Obama …
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The federal E-Verify Program was enacted to protect our country by ensuring that employers hire only U.S. citizens and legal immigrants. Passing E-Verify legislation in Rhode Island will be a …
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Terry Gorman
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2/28/12
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29 views
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Ethanol as a government energy policy has been an economic and environmental bust. There's little debate: it inflates motor fuel prices while compromising the environment. And that was before this …
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Tuesday was a day packed with all sorts of events for the Rhode Island delegation to the Republican National Convention. After checking in with their staffs at City Hall, Mayors Fung and I attended …
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Mayor Scott Avedisian
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8/30/12
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In his powerful Letter from Birmingham City Jail, The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. responded to eight Alabama clergymen who had written to him about the slow pace of change. In his missive, he …
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