Opinion
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Governing vs. electioneering
This is it! The home stretch! In just one more week, the circus tent comes down. Election season ends. I’ve joked with my wife about feeling underwhelmed with America’s choice of Presidential candi...
Oct 30, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Non-paranormal activity
is the season for ghost stories. I’ve heard several being shared around the office lately and we’ve reported a few in the pages of our paper over the past few weeks. As for me, I’m at minimum a sk...
Oct 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Do you believe in ghosts or debates?
On our new series: “I ain’t afraid of no ghost,” said Ray Parker Jr. in the theme to the 1984 film “Ghostbusters.” Are you afraid of ghosts? My friends back home gave the nickname “Spooky.” They sa...
Oct 09, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Title IX: Messin’ with the Feds
he federal legislation known as Title IX dates from 40 years ago, when the Education Amendments of 1972 became law on June 23 of that year. The salient language was lifted from the proposed but uns...
Oct 02, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sour feelings from NHL lockout
For what feels like the umpteenth time in my lifetime, my favorite sport, hockey, is in lockout. Now that’s a bit of hyperbole, this is only the second time in a decade this has happened. NHL owner...
Sep 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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About adversity and character
Last week and during the weekend, most Americans were going about their normal, legal business, many of them mindful of the 11th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. At least one...
Sep 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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How 9-11 touched my life
Everyone of us who was alive remembers where we were 11 years ago this (Tuesday) morning. I remember the office manager of the business where I worked in Tampa told me first that a small plane stru...
Sep 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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What ever happened to manners?
I do not want to sound like anyone’s grandma, but looking around anymore, I see a lack of manners. Some cases come to mind. First and foremost, on our honeymoon, Holly and I treated ourselves to a ...
Sep 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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A perspective on priorities
I want to qualify myself in this column before it even begins. I love animals. I always have. My family and I have raised two rescued dogs. Right now, my wife and I are feeding a stray cat, and try...
Aug 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Re-examine gun control
In New York City you can’t buy a super sized soft drink. In Marshall County you can’t buy a six pack of beer. In Kentucky and many other states you have limits on how much cold medication you can b...
Aug 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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