National Guard duty war cost and pay debate
The Gazette editorial argues that National Guard and Reserve members must accept war deployment risks and praises Congress for protecting combat and family separation pay as raises expire. It notes the Iraq war's intensity, financial strains on service members, and proposes linking military pay to inflation while preserving civilian-analogous raises.
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College Cost Crisis highlights how federal aid fuels tuition hikes
Neal McCluskey of the Cato Institute argues that federal higher education funding and Pell grants have boosted demand and enabled colleges to raise tuition. He cites the Bennett hypothesis and urges self-policing by institutions to curb rising costs ahead of reauthorization of the Higher Education Act.
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Exile returns to an Iraq he only thought he understood
Ammar Alshahbander reflects on returning to Baghdad after decades in exile. He finds a complex Iraq where Baath-era structures persist through loyalists in power, a state-controlled economy, restricted access to education, and a fragmented society. He questions when true liberation will come.
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