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Posted: Sunday - March 14, 2010
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A single standard for schools
Education experts have long advocated the creation of a single national school achievement standard for teaching students core subjects like math and English to replace the national patchwork of differing state standards.
Posted: Saturday - March 13, 2010
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The financial reform test
Comprehensive regulatory reform of the nation's financial system remains among the highest priorities. Yet the road to reform -- always opposed by the powerful banking lobby -- has trailed off into partisan troubles in the Senate as the after-shocks of the nation's financial meltdown nearly 18 months ago have waned.
Posted: Friday - March 12, 2010
A positive step in Georgia
Members of the Georgia Legislature and Gov. Sonny Perdue were in a buoyant mood Wednesday following passage of water conservation bills in both the state House and the Senate.
Posted: Friday - March 12, 2010
A 1-2-3 punch for Chile
Seismologists, geophysicists and others with similar interests have long known that Chile occupies a prime location on the Ring of Fire, the zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that encircles the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
Posted: Thursday - March 11, 2010
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Testing foreign drivers
Tennessee's legislators pander and posture recklessly on lots of issues, but few could harm the state's economic prospects as much as trying to put tests for drivers' licenses under English-only rules.
Posted: Thursday - March 11, 2010
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A shattered American dream
One of the foundations of the American dream is that workers will be able to leave their jobs at a certain age and then live a comfortable life in retirement. Despite the recent volatility of the economy, the dream appears to be relatively intact.
Posted: Wednesday - March 10, 2010
A vote, at last, on reform

Whether President Obama gets a final up-or-down vote on health care in the next two weeks, as he wants, or a little later, it hardly matters now. What seems certain is that, with the president's prodding and engaged commitment at last, a final vote on comprehensive reform again seems probable.

Posted: Wednesday - March 10, 2010
Step ahead, step back in Mideast
Vice President Joe Biden traveled to Israel this week to reinforce U.S.-Israeli ties and to foster Mideast peace talks. He also seeks to convince leaders of the Jewish state to join other nations in seeking sanctions against Iran and its nuclear program rather than initiating unilateral military action against that country.
Posted: Tuesday - March 9, 2010
A tax increase for growth
Although the City Council will have the final say, it now seems likely that Chattanooga's property owners will see a property tax increase -- the first since Sept. 11, 2001 -- this summer, Mayor Ron Littlefield said Monday.
Posted: Tuesday - March 9, 2010
A nominee to lead the TSA
President Barack Obama has caught a lot of grief for leaving the top job at the Transportation Security Administration open for more than a year after assuming office.
Posted: Monday - March 8, 2010
Enact cap on towing fees
Chattanooga has no law setting a limit on what a towing company can charge for removing a vehicle from private property.
Posted: Monday - March 8, 2010
High cost of food-related illness
An estimated 76 million people in the United states are sickened annually by foodborne illnesses.
Posted: Sunday - March 7, 2010
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'Average' rates miss point
An editorial on this page nearly three weeks ago discussed the 56 percent increase in cumulative profits -- from $7.8 billion to $12.2 billion -- taken by the nation's five largest health insurers in 2009 when many Americans were struggling through the Great Recession's job layoffs, furloughs, frozen salaries and loss of health-care insurance.
Posted: Saturday - March 6, 2010
Hope in Iraq's elections
Sunday's national elections in Iraq, the most important marker to date in the nation's shift from tyranny to democracy, should be celebratory.
Posted: Saturday - March 6, 2010
Protect the Bluefin and sharks
With the push nationally and globally to eat more fish to improve health, Americans unfamiliar with fishery issues could be forgiven for thinking that the oceans' fisheries remain bountiful.
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