Pork feast looms as bill nears six year transportation push
Our view criticizes lawmakers for a massive $214 billion surface transportation bill viewed as a bipartisan pork barrelling spree. It notes staff-driven project allocations, a $9 billion pool for special projects, and the clash between big government rhetoric and actual spending in Congress.
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Sue Myrick
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Revenge of the children by Cal Thomas
Cal Thomas argues that media violence and guns are insufficient explanations for youth killings in Jonesboro and other cases. He traces blame to materialism, day care trends, overmedicated children, parental neglect, and unstable homes, urging simpler answers rooted in family stability and love.
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America
Government aid waste in California disaster funding
Thomas Lowell argues that repeated California slopeside homes failing in heavy rains expose a flawed system. He says tax money is used to subsidize risky rebuilding, hurting future generations, and that disaster relief is often a political show rather than genuine aid.
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State Farm
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State Capitol
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Malibu
Gulf Coast
Samra
Beaver Lanitation
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