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By Frank Ward Today the world feels normal again. The birds aren't chirping; the church bells aren't ringing. The morning coffee tastes more bitter; the eggs are burned. And your boss is hovering over your desk asking for those reports.
- Public and private efforts to employ ex-military aren't what they claim.By Michael Fumento With unemployment up yet again, it must be reassuring to Americans that job-seeking veterans are being helped so much by the government, and by all those Web-based organizations with such names as VetJobs.com, MilitaryHire.com, RecruitMilitary.com, HireVeterans.com, and Military Job Zone.
- Ban walkouts and expose transit to market forces.By Elizabeth Bryan and Katrina Anderson Transportation strikes are not new to Philadelphia; SEPTA workers have gone on strike nine times since 1975. The latest example, which ended yesterday, was anything but a fight for the working class. The union's demands were well beyond the means of SEPTA and state taxpayers.
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The Democratic-controlled House took a historic step in passing a health-care bill over the weekend, yet the measure - unless it's modified - could mean the death knell for health reform this year.
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The SEPTA strike that ended yesterday wasn't worth holding a city and a region hostage. For six days, Transport Workers Union Local 234 threw the commuting public into turmoil. And when the strike ended, the union accepted an offer that was much like the one it had walked away from last week - an overly generous deal in tough economic times.
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A.C. airport is just part of the solution I would like to clarify a recent article ("PHL solution: Fly Jersey," Thursday) that cites my position on expansion of Atlantic City International Airport as "the perfect solution to the limited room for growth at Philadelphia International."
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Patrick Moore's recent op-ed ("Old foes welcome clean fuel," Thursday) is long on optimism and short on facts. While nuclear power could play a role in reducing global warming emissions, the industry must first resolve major economic, safety, security, and waste-disposal challenges. It's not surprising that Moore would ignore those issues - the organization he cochairs is funded by the nuclear industry
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Friends, what have we learned this past week? Plenty. Pundits will tell you that Chris Christie won New Jersey's gubernatorial race and Jon Corzine lost it because there's a backlash against President Obama's agenda.
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