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• Digging for gold, children work in harsh conditions, paid with bags of dirt

  Mon Dec 5, 2011
  • Of course there is cheap and effective birth control, here in the U.S. where a woman is free to obtain it. It is not such a simple thing in third world countries for so many reasons there is not room to mention them all.

• Digging for gold, children work in harsh conditions, paid with bags of dirt

  Mon Dec 5, 2011
  • I worked from the age of 10 and was grateful that some adult was willing to exploit my labor in exchange for money to buy food and clothing We do not know enough about the circumstances of this family to lay blame on any of the adults and not enough to exonerate them either.

• Drivers still want electric cars, Nissan says

  Mon Nov 28, 2011
  • I purchased a Leaf in July and find that is pretty much the only vehicle I drive. Anything under 40 miles each way is very doable for me. Charging once a week is about right, but the drive to work is also just under 5 miles so a daily total of 15 with a trip to the market is what I do.

• Smokers, obese workers penalized with higher health insurance premiums

  Thu Nov 17, 2011
  • Why should you pay for others? Because it may be your turn next and wouldn't you hate it if they denied coverage for your broken bone because you chose to walk on a non certified nature trail?

• Smokers, obese workers penalized with higher health insurance premiums

  Thu Nov 17, 2011
  • You can certainly show where smokers and obese people have higher healthcare costs than nonsmoker/nonobese people. I suppose you can also show a clearly higher healthcare cost to older people too.

• 'Personhood' effort still alive after Miss. defeat

  Wed Nov 9, 2011
  • Please realize that an opinion is a conclusion based on facts unknown or unknowable and as such can not be right or wrong. We just do not know when a fertilized egg becomes a person. I choose to look at the timing of personhood in a more logical manner.

• States stop circumcisions funds amid budget crisis

  Fri Jun 24, 2011
  •  I'm sorry but it has to be said Title of this piece should have been "Ranks of uncircumsized males could swell as funds to circumcision fund are clipped"

• How do you think the government should address the federal budget deficit issue?

  Wed Apr 20, 2011
  • The US has a problem, over 150 years, of spending 1.2 dollars for every extra dollar received. We literally can not afford to raise taxes.

• What's the tipping point in gas prices for you to cut back on driving?

  Mon Apr 11, 2011
  • I have an electric car on order due to gas prices. When that comes in we will cut our fuel usage by 75%.

• Going digital may not improve U.S. patient care

  Mon Jan 24, 2011
  • I help build electronic medical records computer applications. So, what is really the reason to put medical records in electronic form? Sure its 'cool' to be high tech and put the data in a computer and there are some nice functionalities available.