Besides unfunded pension promises, states and cities are making empty health care promises too.
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New Accounting Reveals Another Empty Promise
The Privilege Of Teaching Future Heroes
A suspended instructor was right, but for the wrong reasons, when he acknowledged the privilege to teach ‘future dead cops.’
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Hurricanes, Holidays And Heirloom Gefilte Fish
Hurricanes are awful, destructive and deadly phenomena, but on their fringes they can bring beneficial rains and even treasured memories.
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Turning Out The Lights In A Power Town
The Montana town of Colstrip was built to turn coal into electricity. What happens when the mines and power plants shut down?
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Remembering History By Forgetting It
Some residents of a Florida city founded 60 years after Appomattox have a fuzzy memory of their community’s Southern history.
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Catholics Need Not Apply
Democrats might remember their Kennedys before questioning whether a Catholic can distinguish private faith from public duty.
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On The Road After Irma
A circuitous route home provided views of Irma’s aftermath from multiple vantage points.
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Scanning For Equifax Fallout
The Equifax hack probably spells the eventual end of Social Security numbers as a form of personal identification.
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Not-For-Profit News
If one news outlet qualifies as a tax-favored charity, how could we deny that status to others?
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Surprise Fees Are A Last ‘Resort’
The sleazy practice of adding “resort fees” to advertised rates is spreading to hotels that hardly qualify as resorts.
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