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A recipe to reduce the weight of our nation

Over the past few weeks, experts met to discuss the "Weight of the Nation" at a conference in Washington, and HBO ran a series by the same name. Why all the attention? Because national statistics show the rates for overweight and obesity among adults and children are simply too high. We as a society...

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    So much ink has been spilled on how vote suppression will affect the 2012 presidential election, one hesitates to write another word.

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    Another day, another display of the dysfunctions of American capitalism. On Wednesday, some understandably disgruntled investors filed suit in federal court against Facebook and several of the big banks that promoted its stock sale.

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    Manatee County grappling with Children's Services Tax dilemma

    Should Manatee County exclusively fund children's services programs with your "Children¿s Services Tax" dollars or should the county continue to fund the Manatee Regional Juvenile Detention Center with these devoted tax dollars?

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    Unraveling Oliver Wendell Holmes' 'The Soldiers' Faith'

    On Dec. 27, 1895, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., then in his 15th year as an associate justice on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, encountered Edward Atkinson, a wealthy Boston entrepreneur who had become a pamphlet writer arguing for free trade and against "imperialism." Atkinson was born...

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    Excerpts of Oliver Wendell Holmes' Memorial Day speech

    An address delivered by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. on Memorial Day, May 30, 1895, at a meeting called by the graduating class of Harvard University. President Theodore Roosevelt's admiration for this speech was a factor in Holmes' nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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    Bill O'Reilly: Are teenagers really Americans?

    As a former high school teacher, I know one of the great challenges in education is to get teenagers interested in their country. Many of them take their freedom for granted and have no interest in even learning about what it takes to be a good citizen.

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    Courts side with voters, not campaign secrecy

    Federal courts struck two blows last week for more transparency in election campaigns. Voters should be pleased.

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    Maureen Dowd: Father doesn't know best

    Catholic bishops and the Vatican care passionately about putting women in chastity belts. Yet they let unchaste priests run wild for decades.

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    Truckers and mandated recorders

    America's truckers are known for their independence, often driving alone in their rigs from one end of the country to the other. Now Congress wants to give them company in the form of an electronic "big brother."

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    Trudy Rubin: In Egypt, genuine political discourse

    On the first day of the first free presidential election in Egyptian history, 10 young men sat in a circle in a rundown cafe in the working-class quarter of Saida Zainab.

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