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Town-only taxesApr 28, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: In Fremont County, there is a strong case to be made for it | Bush uses library opening to try to polish recordApr 26, 2013 - By Tom Benning, MCT News Service: "People ask me, 'What about the economy?'" Bush said, "and my answer is, 'Why don't you go hire an economist, or hire five economists and get 15 different ... [more] |
War of wordsApr 26, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The allegations against the state schools superintendent remain vague and unclear | Tottering toward the futureApr 25, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: I admit that the light-hearted commentary isn't really coming to me this week. There are no personality quirks, no local oddities, and no minor annoyances to ... [more] |
The balloons are comingApr 25, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Now's the time to show your interest in sponsoring a pilot for the July rally | Boston bomb suspect is in civilian court, where he belongsApr 25, 2013 - By The Baltimore Sun: A 19-year-old naturalized American citizen is accused of committing a crime of violence in the United States, and a gaggle of elected officials are urging for ... [more] |
Old-school things cherished while travelingApr 24, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: In another city, I find the bookstore, the movie theater and the local paper | Back to the topApr 24, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Fremont County won't say No. 2 in hay production for very long |
Firefighters have a rich service heritageApr 23, 2013 - By Craig Haslam: The fire service has rich traditions that date back to the Roman Empire. For centuries, leaders and rulers understood the need for fire prevention and fire ... [more] | Tuesday notesApr 23, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Winter in spring |
Every day is Saturday nowApr 21, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: Which is good, because Saturday always was one of the busiest days of my week. | Iraq was a war with too few victorsApr 21, 2013 - By Mark Shields: We were told it would be an inexpensive cakewalk, but it was far from it. |
Just as predictedApr 21, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Wyoming is learning that federal sequestration is as bad as advertised | Careful in using the T-wordApr 19, 2013 - By Anita Kumar, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- It took President Barack Obama nearly 24 hours to describe Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon the same way that lawmakers, experts and even ... [more] |
A better fiscal noteApr 19, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Local governments appreciate fewer strings attached to a new state allocation | In Boston, one act of terrorism, millions of acts of humanityApr 18, 2013 - By The Baltimore Sun: An 8-year-old boy was among the three people killed and at least 176 people injured, many severely, by a pair of explosions near the finish line of the Boston ... [more] |
Back to the basics may be bestApr 18, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: There are rewards for living many years. | The Age of AquariusApr 18, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: 'Hair' was a sensation in 1967, and it remains unique in 2013 |
Homeland security grants being guttedApr 17, 2013 - By Maggie Clark, For MCT News Service: WASHINGTON -- In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, the state of Massachusetts, the city of Boston and federal authorities quickly joined together to ... [more] | Vandals with a bombApr 17, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The Boston attackers made the worst kind of trouble |
Coming up: Gay marriage chaosApr 16, 2013 - By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers: If the Supreme Court decides the two gay marriage cases it heard last week the way most court watchers believe it will, expect legal and political chaos. The ... [more] | Tuesday notesApr 16, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Spring as winter |
More to 'Oz' than meets the eyeApr 13, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: In its time, the story was chock full of political satire. | Different paths ahead on immigration, gunsApr 13, 2013 - By Carl Leubsdorf: Victory for President Obama is far more likely on the former than the latter. |
The beer taxApr 13, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: It's hard to justify keeping the 1935 rate in place | Who's the likely winner in budget fight?Apr 12, 2013 - By David Lightman, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's $3.78 trillion budget Wednesday provided fresh, vivid evidence that Washington remains desperately divided over key ... [more] |
Demolishing LincolnApr 12, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: In light of the new student-teacher ratio rule, the old school might have had one more role to play | Obama inches toward GOP on Social SecurityApr 11, 2013 - By The Miami Herald: The 2014 budget proposal unveiled by President Obama on Wednesday represents a daring bid to break the gridlock over spending and revenue that has kept ... [more] |
Still time to learn to snowshoeApr 11, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: And in this weather, don't do much driving unless you possess the NASCAR gene. | December againApr 11, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: When life gives you record snow in April, make a snowman |
Trading one flawed Social Security formula for anotherApr 10, 2013 - By Kevin G. Hall, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's coming push for less generous increases in Social Security benefits is angering his party and perplexing economists, many ... [more] | The Iron LadyApr 10, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: A giant 20th century figure, she relished her time on the world's stage |
In North Korea, a strong play of a weak handApr 9, 2013 - By Barbara Demick, MCT News Service: BEIJING -- North Korea is sometimes mocked as the mouse that roared, one of the poorest countries in the world threatening two economic and military giants, the ... [more] | Tuesday notesApr 9, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Wintry wallop |
The Hill Bill's great accomplishmentApr 7, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: It has succeeded in uniting both Democrats and Republicans -- in opposition to it. | Maybe not the sharpest knife in the drawerApr 7, 2013 - By Mark Shields: Miraculously, a single government policy initiative has united Washington, D.C. Elected officials who had been either locking horns or crossing swords over ... [more] |
The 1 percent biteApr 7, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: There's not much point in obsessing about the new sales tax -- instead, try to mitigate it | Poll: Most in U.S. favor relaxing marijuana lawsApr 5, 2013 - By David Lauter, Tribune Washington Bureau: WASHINGTON -- A majority of Americans support legalizing marijuana, a new poll shows, with the change driven largely by a huge shift in how the baby boom ... [more] |
Power in the poemApr 5, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: April is National Poetry Month, so consider a favorite verse -- or find one | Google needs more than slap on wrist for invading privacyApr 4, 2013 - By The Philadelphia Inquirer: By agreeing to a toothless invasion-of-privacy settlement with Google, federal and state authorities blew a chance to take a bolder stand against the Internet ... [more] |
