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Hillary's punishing scheduleJul 17, 2012 - By Bradley Klapper, The Associated Press: Globe-trotting Secretary of State sets travel record | Tuesday notesJul 17, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: There's hot, and then there's hot |
Proud to have called her a friendJul 15, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: I became aware of Carolyn B. Tyler as a kid, then worked with her as a colleague. | When money talks, truth is silencedJul 15, 2012 - By Mark Shields: Mark Hanna, the Cleveland industrialist who managed the winning presidential campaign of his fellow Ohio Republican William McKinley, offered this timeless ... [more] |
Not so badJul 15, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Biggest fears for county budget planners didn't pan out this year | A hazy season of fires and recollectionsJul 13, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: There's smoke everywhere on travel routes from Wyoming to Colorado and back. The fires started too soon this year, and they are filling our skies, and ... [more] |
What a flubJul 13, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: How is it that the USA's Olympic outfits are being made in China? | Go play chicken with someone else's economyJul 12, 2012 - By The Dallas Morning News Services: Whenever talk in Washington turns to the Bush tax cuts, few seem willing to separate election year bombast from the harsh economic reality that gridlock soon ... [more] |
Still reaching for his handJul 12, 2012 - By Betty Starks Case: My mate and I mark 70 years of marriage | The Balloon BlockJul 12, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: The $500 treasure hunt object is a throwback to old-style printing |
Filling CBT's space -- for a dayJul 11, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: This spot is supposed to be Carolyn Tyler's. She wrote a Wednesday column in The Ranger for 51 years. | Riding with the RangersJul 11, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: The death of Carolyn B. Tyler ends the long career of a pioneering newspaperwoman |
In L.A., temptation is the enemyJul 10, 2012 - By Walter Cook: I live in Los Angeles's Westside district. Right outside my front door is a college bar where actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is a regular and who, incidentally, my ... [more] | Tuesday notesJul 10, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Cooler stuff |
Undimmed by human tearsJul 8, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: Independence Day's origins are obscured by a cloud of hamburger smoke. | There's importance in luckJul 8, 2012 - By Mark Shields: Whenever an overly generous soul praises me for my alleged "success," I thank them and gently remind her (and myself) of the unearned luck of my life. ... [more] |
Seek out citizens who understand what you're doingJul 8, 2012 - George Parks, Director Wyoming Association of Municipalities: Editor: | Keep buildingJul 8, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Fremont County's offer on the 17 Mile Road rebuild can keep the job on track |
Climate of contentmentJul 6, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Andy Griffith created it on TV, and it endures | Time for public funding of the conventions to be endedJul 6, 2012 - By The Los Angeles Times: As delegates arrive at the national party convention, supporters of two rival candidates scheme to secure enough votes for the presidential nomination, but at ... [more] |
The heat is onJul 6, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: No one likes a heat wave, but science says we'll tolerate the second one better than the first | Romney confronted by arithmetic problemJul 5, 2012 - By Doyle McManus: Could the budget be balanced and taxes lowered while also increasing military spending by 50 percent? |
A chance to work ... or failJul 5, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Court ruling raises possibility that 'Obamacare' might be given an actual test in marketplace | Highway fund running on fumesJul 3, 2012 - By Curtis Tate, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- Last week, lawmakers in Congress approved a bill that keeps highway and transit spending at current levels for the next two years, but there was ... [more] |
Tuesday notesJul 3, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: No paper Wednesday | Downside of using aged equipmentJun 30, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: Mowing a field of hay brings its share of hiccups, and this season is no exception. |
Great businessman presidentsJun 30, 2012 - By Mark Shields: John G. Stewart, a philosopher friend of mine, is uncharacteristically agitated. What provokes John Stewart is the Republican argument that the cure for what ... [more] | Home of the braveJun 30, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: The Fourth of July is at hand. We'll take a paid holiday on Wednesday so the newspaper staff can observe Independence Day. |
Shirttails, shoes and ferries homeJun 29, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Twenty-five years ago Wednesday my wife and I stood near a big cottonwood tree on a hot Wyoming afternoon and said our wedding vows to one another. Today we ... [more] | Obama has edge with Hispanic votersJun 29, 2012 - By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers: LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- This time, President Barack Obama insists, he really means it: He's going to fight to overhaul the nation's badly broken immigration ... [more] |
So much for expertsJun 29, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Thursday proved that predicting what the Supreme Court will do is a game for suckers | Independence Day, personallyJun 28, 2012 - By Betty Starks Case: Family changes led me to learn more of my strengths |
'Toothless' best describes campaign finance rulesJun 28, 2012 - By The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News: If disclosure laws are off the table, what chance does real campaign finance reform have? | Replacement timeJun 28, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: School District 25 couldn't ask for a better slate of candidates to fill its board vacancy |
And the winner is ...Jun 27, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Egypt has its new president, but the generals aren't sure how to take him | Speaking in three voicesJun 27, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: My trio of Boston Terriers are of three different colors and they speak in three different voices. |
High court is still America's best tool for keeping power in balanceJun 27, 2012 - By Cathy Young, MCT News Service: With the Arizona immigration law case decided, America now awaits the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act. The case has once again turned the ... [more] | Court is part of D.C. that can keep a secretJun 26, 2012 - By Jesse J. Holland, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- It's been the biggest secret in a city known for not keeping them. |
Tuesday notesJun 26, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: True summer | We could do with some SocratesJun 24, 2012 - By Randy Tucker, Staff Writer: While technology continues to move forward at an ever-increasing rate, we humans don't have the ability to keep pace. |
