UT incentive plan draws fire from Perry critics
The UT System proposed bonuses for presidents and top officials at 15 campuses tied to rising graduation rates and donations faces criticism. Critics argue six figure salaries already tempt high performance and the scheme could threaten academic standards amid student affordability concerns in Texas.
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Laceus TEAS Laura Dennis Editor Peace Poem Wins 1988 Pulitzer
The piece titled Let peace begin with me appears in a newspaper edition honoring the 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner Laceus TEAS Laura Dennis Editor. It proclaims freedom as self control guided by moral truths and religious guidance.
Insurance risks all for business
Thomas Sowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and syndicated columnist, weighs in on the broad impact of insurance on business operations and risk management.
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Political risks dominate in health insurance debate
The piece argues politicians push coverage beyond risk, inflating costs. It criticizes mandates from baldness to contraception, notes state and federal regulation fragment markets, and warns that reliance on political solutions creates uninsured issues and higher prices. It advocates covering only high cost, rare events and questions employer based insurance and pre existing conditions as policy flaws.
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Labor Day Reflections on Work, Community, and Justice
James C. Harrington urges honoring labor’s origins and the union movement. He argues for a communitarian vision where democracy thrives through shared effort, fair pay, and protections, noting ongoing exploitation and assaults on public workers. James Dee of the Texas Civil Rights Project is cited.
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Thumbs Up for Hispanic Heritage Month Plans
Odessa American invites reader input on current topics with a thumbs nomination. Readers may email onletters 0a0a.com to share positive or negative opinions and participate in planned events for Hispanic Heritage Month.
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