Category: Politics
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All the news that fits — and then some
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Wit and wisdom attributed to Winston Churchill
THIS WEEK, 136 YEARS AGO, on November 30, 1874 to be exact, one of the great men, historians and wordsmiths of the past century was born. Winston Churchill served as…
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TSA gropes to balance traveler safety and satisfaction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Continuing to grope for an answer to the conundrum of how to provide enhanced security against terrorists who are targeting airline travel while it tries to satisfy…
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State of California to be sold to China to pay debt
Apologies again to my readers. Due to preparations for an upcoming family reunion, I have not had the time or energy to write my regular column. In its place, I…
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I’d like for you to meet my friend Skipper
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, maybe three or four years old, and our family was living on Marshall Terrace in Danville, Virginia, my best friend was named Paul. (We called him…
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I wuz robbed! (Yeah, and so wuz the robbers!)
I was in a convenience store recently when it was robbed. Even sitting here at my computer I can see the frightened look in your eyes. No, it wasn't a…
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Unemployment needed at the Unemployment Office
I KNOW THE OFFICIAL NAME is the Employment Security Commission, but everywhere I have ever lived, everyone, without a hint of sarcasm, calls it the Unemployment Office – because that…
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The News in Briefs –The Mass Media Edition
Progressive media in national OCD clinical study BETHESDA, Md. — The National Institute of Mental Health announced today a $7.7 million grant to fund a collaborative study with the University…
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Dinner for Ten: A Parable of Tax Cuts
THE FOLLOWING PARABLE has floated around the Internet in various versions for a while. The author is in question but may be one Don Dodson, who submitted a letter to…
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How I met my wife: The true story finally revealed
WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME how I met my wife I usually respond with a question: "Do you want the story we told our parents or the true story?" Or, if…
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