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JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM
Bring in the cavalry -- now!
BY MICHAEL PUTNEY
How did Jackson Health System, our medical safety net, get into such a financial mess and what will it take to get out?
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GAY RIGHTS
`Don't ask, don't tell' was always wrong
By LEONARD PITTS JR.
We already know where this is going.
For some of us, the knowledge is hateful, for others, hopeful. Yet the inevitable arc of it is clear: Maybe it will be 10 years, maybe 20, but we can now envision a day when the last legal restrictions against gay men and lesbians will be struck away.
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The senator who would be king
OUR OPINION: cf,gtm Senate should drop or modify customary `hold' rules
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Remove middle man from college loans
OUR OPINION: Florida senators should back college loan plan
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Venezuela heads toward disaster
OUR OPINION: Region's leaders need to act
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Crowded classrooms
Crowded classrooms
The Feb. 7 letter `Ordinary' students suffer in crowded schools, which said that class size only benefits the advanced-placement kids, missed the mark. My two children, who are in a gifted program, have suffered through grades two to five with class sizes that have reached 39 kids for every one teacher. -
Florida is serious about winning Race to the Top
Re the Feb. 5 letter State attached too many strings, about Florida's efforts to win the federal Race to the Top competition: Race to the Top is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for states and school districts to build on past successes and dramatically improve the quality of education that they provide to their students. Victory in this competition will result in more assistance for our struggling schools, support and training for our teachers, world-class academic standards and assessments and a data system that will put the tools of success into everyone's hands.
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Stop the stalling, help small businesses
OUR OPINION: Free up money for loans to hire workers
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Local perspectives
MIAMI MARINE STADIUM GETS A BOOST No doubt Mayor Tomás Regalado has a lot on his to-do list, bu...
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Build Broward courthouse right
OUR OPINION: Replacing decrepit Broward courthouse is the right decision by commission
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Texting madness
OUR OPINION: Florida should outlaw texting while driving
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End of the road for Mars rover
OUR OPINION: Mars rover Spirit had a fantastic journey
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Protect Haitian orphans
OUR OPINION: Missionary effort to help Haiti's children misguided
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Repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' now
OUR OPINION: Biased policy against gays is self-defeating
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U.S. CENSUS
Be sure to be counted
In a country as large as the United States, how is it possible to count each person residing within its bor...
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TEA PARTYERS
Onward! (But to where)?
They spoke to me about the downfall of America, with fear burning in their eyes. It was vintage ``tea party...
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IN HAITI
Reform property laws
In 1928, the American occupation government set out to map Haiti from the air. Its goal was to implement a ...
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BUSINESS
Toyota gets a ding
Afriend of mine once had a Toyota that wouldn't die. The odometer had only a dim recollection of passing 10...
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FLORIDA
Innovate -- for our future
Here's some good news: Florida's economy is showing some new life. And here's a challenge: Do we want to go...
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VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN
He's high on America
Vice President Joe Biden is tired of seeing the Obama administration's economic stimulus plan demeaned, der...
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JUVENILE CRIME
Get rid of direct-file law
In the early 1990s, following highly publicized tourist murders, the Florida Legislature reacted by passing...
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Partisan bickering hinders our nation's progress
In his State of the Union Address President Obama stressed the importance of Congress coming together for A...
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Barry's a booster
To all those people who are upset about Dave Barry's Feb. 3 Super Bowl column, Tourist beware: Do NOT go ou...
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Pelosi undermines Obama's quest for change
Leonard Pitts Jr.'s Feb. 3 Other Views column What matters more? Reelection or country? is insightful, wise...
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Ugly food fight
Where else would you find folks securely cushioned with Social Security benefits and Medicare who fill a to...
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MEDICAL CARE
Airlifts vital to treat injured
I am an attorney who has worked with South Florida's Haitian community for several years. After the earthqu...
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RECOVERY
Doing ill, doing good
Re the Jan. 31 Baptists say they were trying to do good in Haiti: At a time of chaos, when we are trying to...
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PERSEVERANCE
Let's display the same courage as the Haitians
The tragic situation in Haiti should sadden us all. But the reactions of the Haitian people should be a les...
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Why are liberals so condescending?
Every political community includes some members who insist that their side has all the answers and that the...
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The full cost of medical fraud
Medical fraud kills people. Because it does this slowly and indirectly, we tend not to notice it, and our r...
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The Right Dreams at NASA
What do rockets burn for fuel? Money. Money that is contributed by working families who have mortgages and ...
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The United Nations is on the job in Haiti
As the dust settles from the massive earthquake in Haiti, the precise scale of devastation is becoming clea...
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In the race for education reform, some false starts
In the brave new world of data-driven education reform, most states have learned how to talk the talk. Star...
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A disappointing defense review
Every four years, the Department of Defense issues its Quadrennial Defense Review, a comprehensive vision s...
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Would losing control of Congress to GOP help Obama?
Last week the opposition party wrote a startling new entry in the Annals of Obstruction: Republicans were s...
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Fast trains are cool . . . and very expensive
Of all the ways Florida could blow through $1.25 billion in federal recovery funds, a bullet train is certa...
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Don't let Haiti's tragedy fade away
After the terrible earthquake, a man named Steve Driscoll food and and water; the injured are desperate for...
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Robertson again blaming the victims
It's no secret that the Rev. Pat Robertson is a yammering fool, but last week he hit a new low.
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OPINION
Raindrops keep falling on NFL dunderheads
As Super Bowl XLIV approaches, the National investment. We are told that the 2007 Super Bowl brought $463 m...
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No reason for optimism about war in Afghanistan
According to the polls, President Obama's speech announcing the U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan won over a ...
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What was Tiger thinking?
(Rejected first draft of a statement by Tiger Woods prepared for his Web site.) Two weeks ago on this page...
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Johnston's 15 minutes are up
Times are hard, but the pathway to fame in America has never been easier. No talent is required -- you ...
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GAY RIGHTS
`Don't ask, don't tell' was always wrong
We already know where this is going. For some of us, the knowledge is hateful, for others, hopeful. Ye...
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Paradox of blacks' sacrifice
It is the enduring paradox of our centuries here. It is the paradox that stood its ground at Bunker Hil...
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OBAMA/GOP
What matters most? Reelection or country?
Come now, let us reason together...'' Isaiah 1:18 A few words about that important speech President Oba...
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Public silence greets poor's powerlessness
If he'd said it of Jews, he would still be apologizing. If he'd said it of blacks, he'd be on BET, beg...
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ACHIEVEMENT
Everybody has a shot at being an athlete
Don Lewis thinks white men can't jump. What else explains the bizarre statement he issued last week? Ac...
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COLUMNISTS | LEONARD PITTS
Jesus and gun sights don't mix
Have you heard about the Jesus rifles? Islam. In the third place, the coded scriptural references p...
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CONSERVATIVES
An `obscene' view of Haiti tragedy
As babies were being pulled, crushed and broken, from the rubble.
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STADIUM
Why don't the Miami Dolphins' owners pay for stadium upgrades?
Emilio Estefan has just published an autobiography, The Rhythm of Success: How an Immigrant Produced his ow...
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FITNESS CHALLENGE
Diet secret revealed!
Forget 2012! A new world dawns today! For centuries, a cabal of nutritionists, gym instructors and bulimic ...
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TELEVISION
O'Brien draws line in sand at 11:35 p.m.
Conan O'Brien on Tuesday told NBC to stick its late-night shuffle where the video don't shine. Saying he wo...
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ENTERTAINMENT | LENO'S SHOW CANCELED
NBC will have a tough time pleasing everyone
Think of Jay Leno as a prisoner in a frontier jail, NBC affiliates as the angry lynch mob forming out in th...
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BOLIVIA
An odd kind of democracy
Let's see if you could pass a Latin American civics course. Which is more democratic: Country H, where all ...
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OBAMA
High-level musings from China
Dear Michelle: Sure wish you were here -- China is really cool. Hey, remember how Nixon kept repeating,...
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