Nation's poor face rising hardship amid economic strides
The editorial argues that 33 million Americans live below the poverty line, with 4.96 million Texans uninsured in 2001 and unemployment rising to 5.7 percent. It warns of budget cuts to Medicaid and CHIP in Texas, urging policy focus on the economic dangers despite distractions of war.
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Osama bin Laden
Commerce Department
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Texas
Congress
White House
Texas Debates Binational Health Plan With Mexico
A Texas panel hears sharp objections to a binational health care plan allowing residents on US insurance to receive services in Mexico. Officials warn of lower standards, lack of control, and potential two-tier care, urging a negative recommendation to kill the proposal.
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Mexico
Pat Haggerty
el Paso
Jane Skinner
del Sol Medical Center
Skinner
Jorge Magana
el Paso City-County
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Eliot Shapleigh
D-E] Paso
U.S
Austin
What’s Wrong With Mothers A Barnard Conference Review
Mona Charen argues that motherhood deserves greater respect and that feminism must broaden to include mothers. The Barnard Institute for American Values conference on maternal feminism challenges the two camps of working versus stay-at-home moms and advocates policies valuing child care and mothers’ choices.
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Barnard
Betty Friedan
Institute For American Values
Janet Jakobsen
Barnard Center For Research On Women
U.S
Enola Aird
Nism
Aird
Charen
Reagan White House
Gun control talk and gun use answers from Larry Elder
Larry Elder questions gun-control advocates with comparative data from Switzerland Canada and the United States. He cites crime rates defense uses of guns and Brady Act studies while noting a father’s anecdote about a child’s remark. Elder is an attorney radio host and TV judge.
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Russia
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America
Reason
London
New York City
Journal of the American Medical Association
Elder
Los Angeles
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