Articles By Author Ralph W. Conner
Articles by Ralph W. Conner
03/04/2009 12:00 AM
Instead of celebrating diversity and the victory over racism represented by the election of a black president, America is being subjected to the same old ...(read more)
11/01/2008 12:00 AM
There are some essential differences between presidential candidates Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on education policy.
Obama, who ...(read more)
09/26/2008 12:00 AM
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Reporter Dawson Bell highlights the irony of legislators standing up for the rights of cigarette smokers ... but only when they're in casinos, ...(read more)
08/22/2008 12:00 AM
The recent Associated Press article warning the general public about rising unemployment rates in Illinois neglects the historical facts that rates have ...(read more)
08/22/2008 12:00 AM
Tribune correspondent Tim Jones reviewed the latest poverty study from The Brookings Institution (“Poverty Rates Rebound: Fortunes Reverse For Poor,” ...(read more)
08/20/2008 12:00 AM
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), former prisoner, should consider the logistics involved in reviving tax-supported school scholarships for 500 special-needs ...(read more)
08/13/2008 12:00 AM
Tim Jones captures the inconsistencies that abound in recent Congressional action to allow the Food & Drug Administration to “regulate” ...(read more)
08/13/2008 12:00 AM
Associated Press writer Jeannette J. Lee reported on the pending lawsuit on behalf of America’s poor and minority taxpayers to protect them from the ...(read more)
08/13/2008 12:00 AM
Boston Globe writer Erin Ailworth somberly projects a home-heating energy catastrophe in the making this winter (“A grim forecast for heating costs: ...(read more)
02/27/2008 12:00 AM
The Guardian’s social affairs editor, John Carvel (“Ten Pound Government Plan to Deter Smokers,” February 15, 2008) may have paid inadvertent homage to ...(read more)
01/01/2008 12:00 AM
School administrators nationwide are in a quandary about how to deal with the new freak dancing--or “juking”--craze going on at high school dances and proms.
The ...(read more)
12/13/2007 12:00 AM
Tom Humphrey captured the angst of Tennessee smokers now being targeted by Department of Revenue agents for buying cheaper cigarettes in neighboring states ...(read more)
12/13/2007 12:00 AM
Regarding the Chronicle's Oct. 18 article "House fails to override child health care veto": George W. Bush's veto of the children's health bill was sustained, ...(read more)
12/13/2007 12:00 AM
The impending closure of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia (“Atlanta Hospital in Grave Condition,” November 23) shows how politically mismanaged ...(read more)
12/02/2007 12:00 AM
Schools where students learn: Pitts makes the case for successful charter schools as models for excellence in education. Privately managed charter schools ...(read more)
11/01/2007 12:00 AM
In a hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and National Conference of ...(read more)
10/24/2007 12:00 AM
In a preliminary victory for much-maligned cigarette smokers and all Americans who value their few remaining freedoms, puffers have dodged the Congressional ...(read more)
10/16/2007 12:00 AM
Gary McWilliams’ front page article about Wal-Mart’s demise as a retail giant did not cover the whole story (“Wal-Mart Era Wanes Amid Big Shifts In Retail”, ...(read more)
10/16/2007 12:00 AM
In Mary Carmichael’s otherwise-excellent piece on remedies for Third World poverty (“Giving Globally: The Search for Solutions,” October 1) she gave short ...(read more)
10/16/2007 12:00 AM
On October 3, The Associated Press reported that President Bush vetoed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) expansion bill because he believes ...(read more)
10/16/2007 12:00 AM
The Tribune’s coverage of county board proceedings helps us figure out which are the least obscene of the proposed taxes (“City Sales Tax Hike On Hold,” ...(read more)
10/03/2007 12:00 AM
Tom Humphrey captured the angst of Tennessee smokers now being targeted by Department of Revenue agents for buying cheaper cigarettes in neighboring states ...(read more)
10/03/2007 12:00 AM
Coverage of the latest partisan deliberations on Capitol Hill about children’s health insurance reveals the futility of expecting sound public policy to ...(read more)
10/03/2007 12:00 AM
As we cry over spilt milk and “anchor babies” separated from undocumented parents who are deported, maybe some tears should be shed for our American agriculture ...(read more)
10/03/2007 12:00 AM
Richard Wolf captures the essence of political pandering to parents and children of the middle class (“House Passes Kid’s Insurance Bill Despite Veto Threat,” ...(read more)
