If the American economy were not so intertwined with trading and banking partners in Europe, and if European demands for severe austerity measures in Greece in return for a second-round euro bailout did not mimic so much of the Republican fiscal dogma being touted by the party's presidential contenders, the bailout of Greece might not be so noteworthy here. But as it happens, both conditions apply, in spades.
The United States is in for an epic food fight. It will start within moments after the Obama administration releases new nutritional standards that would restrict the snacks available for sale in schools.
County Schools Superintendent Rick Smith's proposal to eliminate student transfers from majority black schools to majority white schools is likely to alarm proponents of racial equity in education, and for good reason.
Officials at Erlanger Health System are plainly serious when they talk about cutting costs to improve the hospital's troubled finances. Unfortunately, they don't have much choice but to cut.
Any premature death is heart-rending. But the deaths of two children in a traffic accident in the nearby Altamont, Tenn., community is especially tragic.
It is impossible to put a price tag on all the benefits that come from stable, intact families. One of the most tangible benefits of a family headed by married parents is that it is among the best ways to keep children out of poverty.
I sat with Jill Levine in her office at Normal Park Museum Magnet School recently. She had a copy of my recent column -- the one I wrote about the nearby Hill City neighborhood being kept out of her school's zone -- on her desk.
Lately, I keep getting emails saying someone has repinned my pin. Huh?
Wanna know why America is $15.3 trillion in debt? Look no further than the Wilcox Tunnel.
Five minutes into my Interstate 75 test drive of the new iQ from Scion of Cleveland, the driver of an equally diminutive Fiat 500 with Atlanta license plates closed to within inches of my back bumper.
I WONDER IF "do-nothing" Chuck Fleischmann, who refused to debate before his election, will decide he'll have to now, to keep his job.
Our educational system has become a miserable failure, for our kids and our country.
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