When the average person develops vision trouble, they might just pick up a pair of reasonably priced reading glasses at a neighborhood pharmacy. If they require a more customized solution, they could stop by an eyewear retailer to book a professional eye exam and walk away with prescription glasses that same day. But what if […]
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What moved LBJ to target poverty?
Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty was more than a play for votes.
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The missing link in the War on Poverty
To better help the urban poor, government must address not just their deprivation but also their segregation.
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Living with kale and Medicare
The writer must live with liver disease, but won’t be forced to eat kale.
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Should Obamacare have been left to the states?
Steve Chapman’s Tribune column offers a strong argument, except for the comparison it doesn’t draw.
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The solution to our federal budget woes
The deficit is in remission. That’s the good news.
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Fifty years after “I Have a Dream”: Time for a real War on Poverty
The richest nation on earth could afford to win a war on poverty, Lyndon Johnson asserted nearly 50 years ago.
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The speech Obama should give in Chicago
Is there something deeper than gun violence that we need to focus on?
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864 calls for help, fewer than 300 right answers
Is the Bush administration’s incompetence a bug, or a feature?