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Kasich gave her the same answer he gives to almost every other question these days: Government can help by cutting taxes. More specifically, by using the postdeficit era's budget surpluses to slash federal income-tax rates 10% across the board--a total of $776 billion in tax cuts over 10 years. That's the essence of the Kasich plan, which the House budget chief introduced last month to the cheers of fellow Republicans trying to persuade Americans to forget all about the G.O.P.'s impeachment binge. Tax cuts, after all, are the sturdiest of Republican perennials--the glue that...
...been a place where blacks always found justice in the courtroom. In towns like Jasper, not long ago, blacks--even black lawyers--were routinely called by their first name in court, often excluded as jurors, their testimony discounted again and again. Black life was so cheap that whites almost never got the death penalty for killing blacks. After Byrd's murder, King gloated to an accomplice that "we have made history." He may just be right. If his death penalty is carried out, he will be the first white Texan executed for killing a black since slavery ended...
That small blow for equality could provide a final bit of redemption. If King is executed and returned to Jasper, he could spend eternity, alongside Byrd, in a place that his violent act helped make a little more free. As Walter Diggles noted last week, "It's almost like the Lord was saying we needed to let people see the evil that is out there in the country." And, he added sadly but proudly, "he wanted it to happen in a place that could handle...
...amounted to $100 billion last year and is growing 11% to 14% annually. Competition among generic drugmakers has depressed prices nearly 40% since 1995, saving consumers between $8 billion and $10 billion annually. As generics have got cheaper, their share of all drugs prescribed has risen to nearly 45%, almost tripling since 1984. On the other hand, since 1995 consumers have paid nearly 20% more for brand-name medications...
...resorts' wilderness areas, and they'll spend thousands to reach even more remote wilderness zones. Some are traveling to Irwin Lodge, near Crested Butte, which is the largest Sno-Cat resort in the U.S. Co-owner Molly Eldridge says the lodge, which charges $225 a day for skiing, is almost fully booked this year...