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Op-Ed: March Aside, College Basketball Has Lost Its Madness()  

Longtime sports columnist Dave Kindred says college basketball has changed for the worst.

March 18, 2013 Dave Kindred, a member of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame, says that even though March Madness still generates a lot of buzz around the water cooler, the regular college basketball season has lost its epic stories and, therefore, its charm.

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The Role For The U.S. In The East China Sea Dispute()  

The Senkaku Islands, as they are called in Japan, sit in a strategic location between Okinawa and Taiwan.

January 30, 2013 The territorial dispute over islands in the East China Sea continues to create tensions between China and Japan. Joseph Nye, former chair of the National Intelligence Council, says that the U.S. efforts in the region are seen as an extension of the Cold War containment policy.

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A 'Permatemp' Economy: The Idea Of The Expendable Employee()  

According to the American Staffing Association, the U.S. temp industry has added more jobs than any other over the past three years.

January 28, 2013 Nearly 13 million people head to work as temporary and contract employees each year, according to the American Staffing Association. In an opinion piece for The New York Times, sociologist Erin Hatton argues that it's time to get rid of the "anti-worker ideology that has come to accompany it."

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Op-Ed: We The People Should Throw Out The Constitution()  

Law professor Mike Seidman argues that it's time to reexamine the role of the Constitution.

January 3, 2013 One of the cornerstones of American democracy is the pledge that every federal officer takes to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. In a piece in The New York Times, law professor Mike Seidman argues that it's time to re-examine the role the document plays in American society.

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Op-Ed: AP Classes Are One of America's 'Great Frauds'()  

The College Board's Advanced Placement program more than 30 courses and exams in language, history and science.

December 3, 2012 Hundreds of thousands of high school students enroll in Advanced Placement classes each year, with hopes to strengthen high school transcripts. In a piece for the Atlantic, former college professor and high school teacher John Tierney argues that AP courses don't deliver their promised benefits.

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