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The packed boardroomMay 23, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: We did it for football, so let's do it for other education issues as well | RHS senior dramatists shine in 'Les Miserables'May 23, 2013 - By Robert H. Peck, Staff Writer: The Riverton High School drama club's spring musical performance of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" opens Thursday in the Robert A. Peck Arts Center Theater at ... [more] |
Life gets more PinterestingMay 23, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: The Pinterest app is on my iPad, thereby upgrading the device from "expensive cookbook" to "expensive cupcake decorating handbook." | Deep South key test for Medicaid expansionMay 22, 2013 - By Tony Pugh, MCT Washington Bureau: While only one in three people in the region has a favorable view of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in general, many more support some of ... [more] |
Moore, Okla.May 22, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Remember what is important, and do what you can to help when needed | Springtime at the Rockies doubleheaderMay 21, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Suppose you were me. I know, I know -- that's a tantalizing prospect for just about everyone, so let me narrow the parameters of the supposition. |
Tuesday notesMay 21, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Spring soaker | A story too good to checkMay 20, 2013 - By Mark Shields: As generations of schoolchildren were told, Jamestown in 1607 was the first permanent English settlement on what would become the United States. What we ... [more] |
No winners in the 'war on boys'May 20, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: Nearly 25 centuries ago the Greek historian Thucydides described the three main forces that drive human nature. Thucydides listed mankind's motivations as ... [more] | Boards need volunteers now for crucial workMay 20, 2013 - Steff Kessler, Fremont County Commissioner, Lander: Editor: |
New OceansMay 20, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: This year's graduating class mottoes reflect a healthy mix of optimism and realism | Danger in Mexico for reportersMay 17, 2013 - By Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers: ACAPULCO, Mexico -- It is a sultry morning in this crime-ridden resort, and little movement occurs at the main police headquarters. Francisco Robles, a ... [more] |
What Nixon knewMay 17, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: IRS impropriety is a serious matter, but be careful in wishing it becomes something bigger | Require labels for genetically engineered foodMay 16, 2013 - By The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News: Americans have made it abundantly clear they want the ability to make informed decisions about what they eat. The United States should join every European ... [more] |
The women who mothered meMay 16, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: What felt restricting at the time was revealed as nurturing as time passed. | Off to stateMay 16, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Our community likes its sports coverage -- and needs it too |
Lower deficit actually could slow budget dealMay 15, 2013 - By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press: Republicans who fought tax increases for the wealthy argued that the move would not reduce the deficit, but it appears that it has. | Good problem and solutionMay 15, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Beginning today, The Ranger has a second 'Community' page every week. |
Job market still scarredMay 14, 2013 - By Kevin G. Hall, MCT Washington Bureau: Don't let the soaring stock market and applause from politicians over a slight dip in the unemployment rate fool you. A deeper dive into government data ... [more] | Tuesday notesMay 14, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Three seasons in one |
Terrible toll from the new warsMay 12, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: The signature human damages from Iraq and Afghanistan are the head wound and the amputation. | A square deal for the little guyMay 12, 2013 - By Mark Shields: To listen to the language of American political campaigns, you could reasonably conclude that "big" is bad and "small" is good. |
Kids these daysMay 12, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: In the case of our Fremont County Students of the Year, the words are spoken in admiration | Hunt No. 2May 10, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Scaling back number of wolf licenses this year makes sense |
For Pakistan, a crucial vote arrivesMay 10, 2013 - By Trudy Rubin, MCT News Service: Without help from the next Pakistani government, the U.S. exit from Afghanistan will be a disaster -- for America and Pakistan. | U.S. military has good reputation, but sex assaults undermining itMay 9, 2013 - The Kansas City Star: For those who step up to serve the nation in uniform, a country hopes for the best: sound training, honorable practices, cohesive units and a ... [more] |
Lesson learned, hick-mamaMay 9, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: Like many people in Fremont County, I participate in the local produce co-op, or Bountiful Baskets. Most of you fellow participants sign on to the website ... [more] | Food in a bagMay 9, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: It's easy to donate a few items to Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday |
Internet sales taxesMay 8, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Cities and towns need sales tax revenue, and the problem isn't going away | Looking for meaning in the skyMay 8, 2013 - By Carl Manning: I just finished a book called the "The Great Divide" by Peter Watson. It delved into the difference between the "old world" and the "new world." A lot of it is ... [more] |
Senator's troubles echo past scandalsMay 7, 2013 - By Henry C. Jackson, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- An ethical cloud is following Sen. Robert Menendez in Washington, even as he has leading roles in some of Congress' most important policy ... [more] | Tuesday notesMay 7, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Sunny sighting |
Our country has an unreasonable obsession with imageMay 5, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: It is disgusting, it is immoral, it is repulsive. But it surrounds us. | One man who gave politics a good nameMay 5, 2013 - By Mark Shields: There's a hit new movie this spring, "42," the story of how in 1947 Jack Roosevelt Robinson made baseball history and American history by breaking the color ... [more] |
Well-servedMay 5, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Replacing the Clerk of Court should not be a walk-over, and it won't be | This isn't 'Hoosiers'May 3, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: District 25 must ask and answer why the high school football crisis got as far as it did |
Obama still frustrated by Guantanamo BayMay 3, 2013 - By Anita Kumar, McClatchy Newspapers: In one of his first actions as president, Obama issued an executive order that called for the facility to be shuttered within a year -- but that still hasn't ... [more] | Lives cut short remind us to loveMay 2, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: I'd hoped to really tune in to spring in this column; to mention the flowering almond branch I brought inside to watch pink blossoms and shiny green leaves pop ... [more] |
News on the radioMay 2, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Ranger stories now can be heard daily on KTUG radio as well | As always, the barbs were sharp at the White House correspondents dinnerMay 1, 2013 - By Bradley Clapper, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama joked Saturday about his plans for a radical second-term evolution from a "strapping young Muslim Socialist" to retiree ... [more] |
