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Greene County Opinion

Some problems can only be resolved cooperatively

The country mourned again last week when a gunman in Las Vegas shot and killed nearly 60 people and injured almost 500. The inevitable question followed: Why did he do it?Every time there is senseless violence, we think if we can answer that question, maybe we can be proactive and stop it from ...

Do you have a safe space?

Please read this quietly and slowly: Across colleges and various educational institutions, there have been and continues to be support, controversy and opposition to the idea of safe spaces.On one side, supporters say they need a time out, or a tangible break from what they perceive as the ...

Tax reform for cowards

Tax reform was supposed to attract wide, bipartisan support. Lower rates would be fully offset by cutting unneeded deductions and loopholes. The benefit would be a simpler, more efficient tax code. But the idea has moved steadily toward just another irresponsible GOP tax cut, paid for with ...

Higher Education

Many people strive to learn and achieve a higher level of education in their chosen or current profession, job or career pursuit. Most folks would like to not just be proficient at something but to become an expert at it.Achievement for proficiency or expert level status is recognized through ...

Driving in circles with GOP at wheel

Congress has two make-or-break items on its September calendar.It has to raise the nationÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ debt ceiling so it can pay for the things it has already bought, and then it needs to pass an appropriations bill to keep the government running after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30.Those tasks ...

A brother in adversity

In light of todayÄ¢¹½ÊÓÆµ current sharp political divide, it becomes especially enlightening, and even encouraging to see recently what unites us. You can view this as either fortunate, or unfortunate. Maybe both.Excerpts from my recent book follow:All you have to do is observe the general ...