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...today have adjusted to the rules of the baby boomers who have outlawed the antics of their youth. Let boys have a wild streak, fight on the playground (and not get expelled) and get their butts spanked when they are bad. Boys expect no less. Michael Parker, Des Moines, Iowa...
...Iowa caucus, the first stop on the road to a presidential nomination, says a lot about America. What it says, though, is not necessarily the first message that comes through...
...backdrops are colored by Norman Rockwell, the soul of the Iowa caucus belongs to the heirs of Saul Alinsky and Phyllis Schlafly--the committed political organizers who have meant more to democracy than a hundred miles of red-white-and-blue bunting. Iowa is all about the power of small, highly motivated groups to influence politics beyond their raw numbers. And that's an American story as eternal as the Boston Tea Party, the abolitionists and the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott...
...countdown to Jan. 14 begins this week with the GOP straw poll in Ames, which coincides with the state fair in Des Moines. Journalists will describe the luscious pork chops and the cow sculpted from butter. Meanwhile, the Iowa GOP will pocket about $1 million for party-building expenses. The straw poll is Frank Capra only on the surface. At heart, it's the party's No.1 fund raiser...
...that such plans limit annual medical expenses to some fair portion of income, liberals should be willing to find common ground. Romney didn't do this in Massachusetts--a failing. But Giuliani actually boasts of an approach certain to hurt people. His health-care tax deduction, he gushed in Iowa recently, "allows you to go out and buy cheaper and cheaper policies [because] you can have higher and higher deductibles." When Americans earning $25,000 a year get sick and end up paying $10,000 or more in hospital charges, their "affordable" insurance courtesy of Giuliani will become a ticket...