By Robert Samuelson December 22, 2013   The Fed turns 100 Monday. A century ago — on Dec. 23, 1913 — President Woodrow Wilson signed legislation establishing the Federal Reserve.…

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By Robert Samuelson December 18, 2013   We may be witnessing the last gasp of early retirement — not just inthe United States but in many industrialized countries. Considering thehigh…

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By Robert Samuelson December 18, 2013   We may be witnessing the last gasp of early retirement — not just inthe United States but in many industrialized countries. Considering thehigh…

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By Robert Samuelson December 15, 2013     The budget package crafted by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray andRepublican Rep. Paul Ryan — heads of the Senate and House BudgetCommittees —…

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By Robert Samuelson December 15, 2013     The budget package crafted by Democratic Sen. Patty Murray andRepublican Rep. Paul Ryan — heads of the Senate and House BudgetCommittees —…

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By Robert Samuelson December 8, 2013     We are locked in a generational war, which will get worse before it gets better. Indeed, it may not get better for…

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By Robert Samuelson December 11, 2013     In America’s health-care dialogue, emergency rooms have come to symbolizethe system’s economic and medical defects. To critics, typical ERs areswamped by the…

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By Robert Samuelson December 11, 2013     In America’s health-care dialogue, emergency rooms have come to symbolize the system’s economic and medical defects. To critics, typical ERs are swamped…

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By Robert Samuelson December 8, 2013     We are locked in a generational war, which will get worse before it getsbetter. Indeed, it may not get better for a…

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By Kathleen ParkerSeptember 20, 2013     News consumers by now have absorbed the message that Republicans are going to defund Obamacare, shut down the government, ruin the economy and…

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November 28, 2007 Globalization has become an overused term.  Although it has been going on for decades, if not centuries, you hear the term so frequently these days that is has…

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November 7, 2007 My wife was disappointed and disillusioned last night about the bond referendum in Lexington School District 5.  She had worked and volunteered over the past couple of months…

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October 24, 2007 Recently, I traveled back to Winston Salem to a 4 year reunion and to watch a Wake Forest football game.  As I got caught up with some of…

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September 27, 2007 The two latest South Carolina rankings are that we are first in violent crime and not very good at all at encouraging our children to participate in physical…

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September 5, 2007 Jeff Wilkerson had an interesting front page article in The State today about how more shopping might be in store for downtown.  Columbia has its pretty parts, it…

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August 21, 2007 (A Lack of) Synergy The relationship between the Governor’s office and the legislators is like watching a fight break out between two rookies at a Black and Garnet…

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August 1, 2007 My Dad passed on eight years ago.  Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he was raised in a British school system that I am sure insisted on strict discipline…

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July 10, 2007 My wife and I love our life in South Carolina.  It’s such a great place to raise a family.  We are not originally from around these parts.  Each…

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June 26, 2007 Today the Supreme Court of the United States of America came down with three decisions on issues that will affect this country for potentially the rest of…

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June 11, 2007 I have always admired the British parliamentary system because the leader of the governing party (the prime minister) has to stand up in the House of Parliament…

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May 21, 2007 I am not much of a political junkie, but I did want to talk about one of the candidates running for the Republicans.   He is likeable,…

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