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Why Romney should lose
There are four basic reasons I think Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney should and will lose this year’s election. First, Mitt Romney is a two-faced opportunist. He told Massachusetts voters they should elect him governor because he’s pro-choice, pro-gay rights, and “progressive”. Now he says …
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Civil War acts of violence
One hundred fifty years ago, two opposing armies were ravaging the resources of Arkansas and the citizens of the state were increasingly weary of the acts of violence against them by soldiers. In Curtis’ march from north Arkansas to Helena, he left a wake of …
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Magazine offers story on James Gang, great ads
The September issue of True West magazine contains a 12-page (not counting the cover) article or, rather, a series of articles about the Jesse James-Frank James-Younger brothers gang’s Sept. 7, 1874 raid on a bank in Northfield, Minn. It’s a must for those interested in …
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Blemish is just a ‘kiss’ by angels
I’ve told myself a dozen (OK, maybe more like a hundred) times I will not use this space to talk about Kaylee every week. Our readers (kinda like my Facebook friends) will soon get tired of me going on and on like I’m the first …
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the coolest prez of all?
Barack Obama is probably one of the coolest presidents in American history. He reaches rock star status when cameras catch him sporting his Ray-Ban 3217’s, which are, for all you squares out there, designer sunglasses. That Obama owns the word “cool” is nothing new, but …
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Letter to the editor
To the Editor Astounding! Our editor shows interest in tax policy. It’s a shame she didn’t show an interest earlier in the year. Perhaps debating debt in the form of municipal bonds and increased sales taxes would have been healthy both for our county and …
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WM3 is actually WM6
Many of us have been captivated by the events of May 5, 1993 when three little boys were found murdered. Within days it was a circus act with media outlets screaming headlines about the possibility of Satan worshippers and when three young men were charged …
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Hello Netflix, goodbye cable?
I knew not to fall for the month-free trial. That’s just asking for trouble because I know I will get sucked into having one more monthly subscription to pay, even if $7.99 sounds like a small price for the luxury of watching hundreds of movies …
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Finding opportunity in disappointment
It is amazing how disappointments can take various forms in life. I think often our childhoods are filled with little disappointments such as not getting something we really wanted — that pony. Perhaps by not winning the spelling bee or the science fair after so …
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A more immediate threat
On July 23, Syria — one of seven nations not to sign the Chemical Weapons Convention — admitted owning a stockpile of chemical and biological weapons. A foreign ministry spokesman warned that Damascus would use these weapons against any force intervening in its civil war. …
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Stop burning food during a drought
It is always foolish for a country to order the burning of its food supply, but it takes a special kind of depravity to do it in the midst of a severe drought. Yet that is precisely what the misguided federal ethanol mandate is doing, …
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Mistaken beliefs about conflict
Are you a conflict-avoider? Nobody likes conflict, but avoiding conflict usually winds up being even more painful than addressing it. If you work or live with a conflict-avoider, or you’re one yourself, you’ve probably experienced the cost of conflict avoidance. By avoiding any possible confrontation, …
