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OPINION

Help 9 million students now or pay Medicaid later

The myth is that the U.S. should be doing a better job of preparing underprivileged high school students, so they can win scholarships to Yale, Harvard and other top schools. Then they can march across commencement stages into prosperous careers. This is worse than a myth. It's a joke.

EDITORIALS

Ads on some S.C. school buses make sense

An experiment by the Rock Hill school district has demonstrated that selling ads on other district vehicles has merit. And now a similar policy might be extended statewide.

OTHERS' VIEWS

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Deny terrorists their power

I have not seen the video.

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OPINION

Second-term scandals almost inevitable

n the last month, there has been a lot of talk about whether American presidents face a second-term curse. It's not clear that such a thing exists, but any second- term president is likely to have to deal with some real or apparent scandals.

OPINION

Finish off the S.C. Budget and Control Board

Last year, 11 weeks elapsed from the time the Senate passed legislation to dismantle the Budget and Control Board until the time the House rewrote the bill and sent it back to the Senate.

OPINION

Scandal doesn’t dent Obama

For more than two years, GOP lawmakers have sought – and failed – to find a scandal to take down the presidency of Barack Obama.

JAMES WERRELL

The difficulty of trying to catch 40 winks

Sleep was not a problem in my youth. I could match an old dog, snore for snore.

OPINION

Hey, somebody finally did something

Whenever the world of Washington seems hopeless, someone will point out that the Senate Judiciary Committee did a good job on immigration reform. That's it? Yeah, pretty much.