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Communities In Schools - and every member of its board of directors - has been and continues to be committed to data-driven decision making and performance evaluation and continuous improvement of what we do.

If UNC raises tuition maybe the Tar Heels can buy a defense?

All elected officials, and those who help finance elections in the expectation that certain promises will be kept - and everyone who cares about the rule of law - should hope the Supreme Court agrees to hear Don Siegelman's appeal of his conviction.

The 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case is fast becoming as explosive as Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) or Roe v. Wade (1973).

At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, seeking theological underpinning for his drive to raise taxes on the rich, President Obama invoked the highest possible authority.

I was surprised by my email from Amazon saying I owed S.C. use taxes for $340 worth of purchases I made last year from the online behemoth.

For all the attention devoted to Mitt Romney's tax returns last month, one element went largely unnoticed: They directly refute the Republican candidate's argument that higher tax rates deter capital investment.

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Through 11 presidential elections, beginning with the Democrats' nomination of George McGovern in 1972, Republicans have enjoyed a presumption of superiority regarding national security.