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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] |
Is it spring yet? Calendar says yesApr 4, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: Is it spring yet? | Rankings on healthApr 4, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Fremont County gets slapped again from another time zone |
Sequester causing pain -- for CongressApr 3, 2013 - Nance Shelsta, Riverton: Here's a certainty: No one will suggest budget sequestration again for a long, long time. | The rattling saberApr 3, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: North Korea's 20-something leader had better hope the U.S. doesn't take him at his word |
Tuesday notesApr 2, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Find those eggs | Raising minimum wage is good for Main StreetApr 2, 2013 - By Margot Dorfman: The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce supported the last increase in the federal minimum wage on July 24, 2009 and we believe another raise is overdue. The ... [more] |
Our search for the bogeymanMar 31, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: If there isn't one handy, we'll just create him ourselves. | 'If it's OK with the undertaker, it's OK with me'Mar 31, 2013 - By Mark Shields: Let me stipulate at the outset: I do not qualify for any youth movement. In fact, I first voted in the 1960 presidential contest between John Kennedy and ... [more] |
A song in the heartMar 31, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Oscar Hammerstein wasn't writing about Easter in 1949 when he came up with the lyrics to "Younger Than Springtime" for the landmark musical "South Pacific," ... [more] | Children's museumMar 29, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Planners of such a facility in Riverton have a fine idea |
Consumers have right to know if food was altered geneticallyMar 28, 2013 - By The San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News: A California ballot measure last fall to require labeling of genetically engineered foods was poorly drafted and, fortunately, failed at the polls. But we ... [more] | Beware the idles of MarchMar 28, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: For the Husband, it's basketball; for me, it was the literary sewers of Paris with 'Les Miserables' |
Here comes the taxMar 28, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: The extra penny per dollar kicks in April 1 -- no fooling | Until a real deal gets done, Congress should stay in D.C.Mar 27, 2013 - By Nick Troiano, MCT News Service: Spring break shouldn't just be for students, but usually, a "break" |
Times changeMar 27, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: If the Supreme Court doesn't validate same-sex marriage now, it delays the inevitable | If anything, Syria's Assad now appears stronger, not weakerMar 26, 2013 - By Lara Jakes, AP National Security Writer: WASHINGTON -- Foes of Syrian President Bashar Assad are distracted by fragmentation within their ranks, foreign meddling and new finger-pointing over chemical ... [more] |
Tuesday notesMar 26, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Never boring | Neither party looking all that goodMar 25, 2013 - By Mark Shields: Republicans give their own party low marks on leadership, and the Democrats' approval rating is lower than it's been in more than a decade. |
A lesson in practical politicsMar 25, 2013 - By Randy Tucker: As college students, a few of us decided to work for better conditions for renters in Laramie. | The act plays poorlyMar 25, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Insulting voters is the wrong way for the state to prevails in the Cindy Hill case |
Court's gay marriage cases complex, far-reachingMar 22, 2013 - By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday and Wednesday will confront two distinct gay marriage cases, which together pose some very sensitive ... [more] | Hudson homicidesMar 22, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Plea-deal statements are an engrossing part of the process |
Teens, learn from the Ohio teen rape caseMar 21, 2013 - By The Philadelphia Inquirer: The story of an Ohio teenager who passed out drunk at a party and was sexually assaulted by two high school football players has captivated America because ... [more] | Still blessed by a springtime birthMar 21, 2013 - By Betty Starks Case: Don't I realize I've written about our springtime son more than once in this column? |
Top caliberMar 21, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: As CWC's Health/Science Center takes shape, its huge potential emerges as well | In a stinging post-mortem to itself, Republican Party vows tMar 20, 2013 - The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: After weeks of soul-searching following Mitt Romney's bitter loss to President Barack Obama in last fall's presidential election, Republicans say they are ... [more] |
The joy of speechMar 20, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Riverton High School's top talkers excelled in their version of March Madness | A parent for the fastest 20 years of my lifeMar 19, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: As of today, I have a 20-year-old son. |
Tuesday notesMar 19, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Spring's battle | The unheralded frontrunnerMar 15, 2013 - By Bart Jones, MCT News Service: Oddsmakers ignored Bergoglio, but cardinals liked him all along |
Naming namesMar 15, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: UW's new boss is demeaned by suggestions that better candidates could have been found if there were more secrecy | Francis: A pope of firstsMar 14, 2013 - The Kansas City Star: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who had been the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, is the church's first pope from the Americas. |
It's birthday month in our houseMar 14, 2013 - By Clair McFarland: And time is sitting on my shoulders, shouting at me | Next stop: fundingMar 14, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Let's pursue grant money for the new |
Plugging holesMar 13, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Good institutions must be able to withstand the loss of good people | Picking pope an opportunity to scrutinize Vatican as wellMar 12, 2013 - By Tracy Wilkinson, MCT News Service: VATICAN CITY -- Roman Catholic cardinals gathering here to elect the next pope have focused with unusual intensity on the management of the Vatican, which by ... [more] |
Tuesday notesMar 12, 2013 - By Steven R. Peck: Sprung | Smiles from the police blotterMar 8, 2013 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff Writer: From time to time a call to law enforcement strikes a humorous cord. Here are a few rather entertaining reports made to the Fremont County Sheriff's Office so ... [more] |
