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Why does anyone want presidency?Jun 6, 2012 - By Frida Ghitis: As the November elections approach, one question jumps to mind: Why does anyone want to be president? | Choose an aphorism for your lifeJun 6, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: An Internet friend sent me some aphorisms this week that are worth sharing here: | ||
Of course it mattersJun 6, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: It's unconscionable for finance fatcats to try to laugh off a $2-3 billion fiasco | More people calling themselves 'independent' in election yearJun 5, 2012 - By Jennifer Agiesta, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- Call it a pox on both the Republican and Democratic houses. | ||
Tuesday notesJun 5, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: All night long | Still shooting for 205 poundsJun 3, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: These days, however, I'm trying to get down to it, not up. | ||
Yes, VP choices do matter in electionsJun 3, 2012 - By Mark Shields: One of the fun things about my job is that I get to ask questions of semi-famous public people. | If transfer stations are cut, ravens and rodents will doJun 3, 2012 - Marjane Ambler and Terry Wehrman, Atlantic City: Editor: | ||
The primary fieldJun 3, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Candidates, consider the political option of not sounding like everybody else | Verdict on Edwards is clear even without a convictionJun 1, 2012 - By The Chicago Tribune: If jurors had been asked to decide whether John Edwards was a cheating lowlife, it would have taken them 10 minutes. He fathered a child with a former campaign ... [more] | ||
It's the light of the strawberry moonJun 1, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: The full moon which rises next Monday, June 4, is known as the "Full Strawberry Moon." | Problem drinkersJun 1, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: New improvement campaign follows several that have come before | ||
Mission of the Dragon proves value of new space pathwaysMay 31, 2012 - By The Kansas City Star: For decades, space has been the exclusive province of government. But that's no longer true, after Space Exploration Technology Corp. successfully docked its ... [more] | Sight and other senses: Friendly concern both comforting and inspiringMay 31, 2012 - By Betty Starks Case: I seem to need periodic reminders about how precious eyesight is. For some reason, the clues keep coming my way. | ||
When things go rightMay 31, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Humans are pretty good at being pessimistic, but sometimes things get better in spite of us | The colors of Memorial DayMay 30, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: Amid the sentiment, memories of a long debate | ||
Run for itMay 30, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Ducking the primary process hoping for a write-in nomination is side-door politics | McCain still a voice for GOPMay 29, 2012 - By Ann Flaherty, The Associated Press: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. can't count on Russia -- a major arms supplier to Syria -- to force President Bashar Assad from power, Sen. John McCain said Sunday, ... [more] | ||
Tuesday notesMay 29, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Happy holiday | Tech became my new careerMay 27, 2012 - By Randy Tucker: Now it's time to give someone else my seat in that job, but I'll keep on writing and teaching. | ||
Try these 2012 campaign shortcutsMay 27, 2012 - By Mark Shields, Associated Press: Please accept the following as a small token of appreciation from your semi-faithful correspondent, who knows how busy life can get, what with graduations, ... [more] | When everybody is alive: spend Memorial Day in remembrance, not sorrowMay 27, 2012 - By Hal Boyle, Associated Press: Editor's note: In anticipation of Memorial Day, we again reprint this comment by the late Hal Boyle, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the Associate ... [more] | ||
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| Can you really paint upholstery?May 25, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: Today I'll share with you some more useful tips sent to me by an Internet friend: | ||
Pre-arrangementMay 25, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: It's worth asking why the EPA tipped off the state to its Pavillion fracking findings ahead of time | Lies, damned lies and advertisingMay 24, 2012 - By Doyle McManus: When an anonymous donor pays for a false ad, who you gonna call? | ||
Age-old headlineMay 24, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: We've used 'Million Dollar Rain' many | How does an 'only dog' learn?May 23, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: My dog Samson loves to give gifts. | ||
JP Morgan loss latest argument for regulationMay 23, 2012 - The Philadelphia Daily News: Even though we hoped it had been neutralized, a grave threat to national security still exists. | Send in the heftMay 23, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: It might be time for a high-profile leader outside Greece to get involved in the solution | ||
Tuesday notesMay 22, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Holiday housekeeping | GOP still has to fall 'in like' with RomneyMay 20, 2012 - By Mark Shields: There's still time, but the presumptive nominee has to get busy. | ||
Living with the assault on educationMay 20, 2012 - By Randy Tucker, Staff Writer: It began in the 1990s, and our schools have never been the same. | Class mottoesMay 20, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: This year's graduates give it a go | ||
Obama will tell G8 growth only real answer to the European cMay 18, 2012 - By Lesley Clark. McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- U.S. presidents have long sought relief from battles inside the Beltway and have entertained visiting heads of state at Camp David, the ... [more] | Useful tips for some routine tasksMay 18, 2012 - By Carolyn B. Tyler: An Internet friend recently shared some useful tips for everyday tasks, as follows: | ||
Classified secretsMay 18, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Our internal system changeover for the 'want ads' is more or less complete | The kids are moving -- againMay 17, 2012 - By Betty Starks Case: Yes, I know Mothers Day is past. But this isn't your typical Mothers Day story. Yet one way or another, it does involve adults and children. | ||
JPMorgan tumult could be a sign of things to comeMay 17, 2012 - By The St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Had the nation been more engrossed in what President Bill Clinton was doing with the financial industry in the mid-1990s and less in what he was doing with ... [more] | Know your districtMay 17, 2012 - By Steven R. Peck: Election boundaries have changed this year, so learn what's what | ||
