February 22, 2012
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CLARITY Role of constable needs to be redefined
Jefferson County Constable David Whitlock leased office space in a shopping center as headquarters for his police work. He created a Web site for his office. He equipped his personal vehicle with a...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Everyone’s a cynic but the president
“My rival in this race,” President Obama announced early in 2007, “is not other candidates. It’s cynicism.” It’s now clear that what he meant by this was other people’s cynicism — not his own. ...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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GAS SPIKE Obama reaping ill-timed harvest on energy policy
Just as recovery is finally starting to take hold, here comes another economic setback: gas prices are soaring. The price at the pump has never been this high in February. If the trend continues...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Santorum no easy target for Romney
WASHINGTON — The central narrative of the Republican nomination contest is easy to summarize: Any candidate who is perceived as the main opponent to Mitt Romney immediately ties or leads Mitt Romne...
Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Taxpayers like frogs sitting in slowly heating water
No doubt you’ve heard about the frog feeling pretty comfortable in a tank of cold water but ending up boiling to death as the heat is gradually turned up. There was no lid on top of the tank kee...
Feb 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Government meddling, institutions spawned from the Progressive era
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the second of three columns on the legacy of the Progressive movement. “Often wrong but never in doubt” is a phrase that summarizes much of what was done by Presi...
Feb 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Obama’s contraceptive mandate proving to be a costly political mistake
WASHINGTON — Before Barack Obama can defeat his opponents he must first be rescued from his friends. Some of them are now suggesting that his contraceptive mandate on religious institutions was ...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Budget 2.0: It’s just dead on arrival
Springtime is just around the corner. Soon, tourists will flock to Washington, D.C., to view the cherry blossoms in full display on the Potomac. Perhaps it would be wise to recommend that they also...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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An aquatic fur-bearing serpent
My retired lawyer fisherman friend who does the Little Red River and reports to me on his success and finds in White and Cleburne counties sent a present to our family party for my 80th birthday.  ...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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URGENT Lake Kentucky ferry can’t arrive too soon
The closing of the Eggner’s Ferry Bridge created a hardship for those who crossed the bridge over Kentucky Lake every day to reach their places of employment. It also hurt businesses that rely on t...
Feb 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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