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Opinion: A Tax Rebellion Is Brewing

1 hour 28 minutes ago |Special to AOL News

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(March 15) -- In one month, millions of Americans will be scrambling to file their federal income tax returns. Many will once again be reminded that no other public policy so reinforces a perception ...

Opinion: Jihad Jane and Domestic Terrorism Risk

2 days 16 hours ago |Special to AOL News

(March 12) -- The revelation of the arrest in October of Colleen Renee LaRose, who had adopted the pathetically predictable nom de guerre Jihad Jane, once again focuses national attention on homegrow ...

Opinion: Too Much Useless Information, Too Fast

2 days 20 hours ago |AOL News

(March 12) -- Life is moving too fast, and I find that many days I only have time for the headlines. That is a horrible way to stay informed. How do people do it? With so many personal calls, e-mails ...

Debate: Fix the Student Loan System? We Agree

3 days ago |Special to AOL News

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(March 12) -- From the beginning of the debate on comprehensive student loan reform, Sallie Mae's position has been clear: We support it. We stand with the president in his effort to restructure the ...

Debate: The Smart Reform for College Loans

3 days ago |Special to AOL News

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(March 12) -- This week, prospects for a much-needed reform that would make college more affordable for more students, while also ending senseless corporate welfare for student lenders, have been ris ...

Opinion: A Turning Point on Education Reform

3 days 14 hours ago |Special to AOL News

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(March 11) -- If the nation's education system finally makes a meaningful turn for the better, March 10 may very well mark the turning point. On Wednesday, two influential organizations of state lead ...

Opinion: Faith-Based Program Falls Short

4 days ago |Special to AOL News

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(March 11) -- Why does President Barack Obama support a policy that lets a Baptist homeless shelter take tax dollars and then refuse to hire Jews, Hindus or nonbelievers to change the sheets or ladle ...

Opinion: Faith-Based Program Getting Better at Doing Good

3 days 17 hours ago |Special to AOL News

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(March 11) -- This week, the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships delivered a report to President Barack Obama urging the government to take a wide range of actions to improv ...

Opinion: Reconciliation Isn't Health Reform Answer

4 days 12 hours ago |Special to AOL News

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(March 10) -- The Democrats' plan to pass health care reform using the so-called "reconciliation" process is at odds with both congressional intent and the history of this budgetary practice. And bef ...

Opinion: Color-Blind Solutions Aren't Enough

4 days 16 hours ago |AOL News

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(March 10) -- Although many in this country are floundering, it would be disingenuous to argue that we're all doing so at the same rate. When it comes to the largest economic decline in more than hal ...

Opinion: Washington Bipartisan-Speak Decoded

4 days 23 hours ago |Special to AOL News

(March 10) -- Most Americans believe that any bipartisan movement in our government has been scuttled by the two parties. And most of us are right. Most of us also believe that one party is responsib ...

Opinion: Closing the $1.3 Trillion State Pension Gap

5 days 13 hours ago |Special to AOL News

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(March 9) -- Earlier this week, The New York Times documented how state pension plans are putting more money in riskier investments while private companies are moving their pensions to safer climes. ...